ICYMI: Woman Sentenced For $1M Scheme Targeting Senior Citizens

In case you missed it, here's a story that appeared last week in the Lindenhurst Patch:

AMITYVILLE, NY — A Long Island woman was sentenced on Monday to nearly 8 years in prison and ordered to pay over $1 million in restitution for victimizing dozens of people in an identity theft and credit card fraud scheme, according to Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham.

Lisa Reid, 47, of Amityville, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 90 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.

Between February 2015 and January 2017, Reid was involved in a scheme to defraud credit card companies and their customers by fraudulently taking over credit card accounts and using those accounts to make unauthorized purchases from high-end retailers, Durham said.

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