Bridgeport Woman Sentenced In Credit Card Fraud Scheme

BRIDGEPORT, CT — A city woman has been sentenced to 30 days in prison and seven months of home confinement for credit card fraud involving 37 victims, according to a statement from federal prosecutors. Latrice Colvin, 33, will also serve two years of supervised release.

According to the statement, Colvin obtained personal identification for numerous victims between 2015 and 2017 using the internet. She would then contact credit card companies and used the victims’ information to change the mailing address on certain accounts to her own address, and also to apply for and obtain fraudulent credit cards in the names of victims.

After the fraudulently obtained cards were mailed to her home, she used them and to buy merchandise in person and online, and to obtain cash advances at ATMs, the statement reads.

Thirty-seven people, many of whom were elderly, were victimized through this scheme. Judge Colvin was ordered by the court to pay restitution of $27,718.35 to the financial institutions that covered the loss of the victimized individuals.

On July 9, Colvin pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud. She is currently released on $25,000 bond and will report to prison Feb. 11.