Mount Vernon Woman Convicted of ID Theft

MOUNT VERNON, NY - A Mount Vernon woman was found guilty by a jury of identity theft Wednesday.

Acting Westchester County District Attorney James A. McCarty said Simone Barrett Johnson, 29, assumed the identity of an Ohio resident by using the person’s identifying information between February 20 and February 23, 2014.

The information Johnson used was the victim’s Marion Community Credit Union Debit Card number. Johnson paid her cable bill in the amount of $181 and purchased shoes from NastyGal.com for $342.

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The victim’s name and home address were used as the billing address, but the defendant’s home address was the shipping address.

Johnson was tracked down by a Mount Vernon Police Department detecting using her email address and street address.

Johnson was charged with second-degree identity theft, a felony, and third-degree unlawful possession of personal identification information and petit larceny, misdemeanors.

At trial, witnesses from Ohio and Kentucky testified.

McCarty said Johnson caused the victim, who earns about $400 per week, a financial loss of $533. He said due to the nature of the theft, that money cannot be credited back to the victim or her credit union.

Johnson is being held at the Westchester County Jail and is scheduled for sentencing June 15, 2016

She faces a maximum of four years in prison.

Photo caption: Simone Barrett Johnson. Photo credit: Courtesy.