Posts Tagged ‘Identity Theft’

Identity Theft Lands Businessman in Court

Monday, January 16th, 2012

Alleged victim loses everything The trial starts Thursday of a down-on-his-luck businessman Norman Glass, who stole another mans identity and made millions selling his victims assets to unsuspecting buyers.   Get-rich-quick scheme About six months ago Glass cooked up a get-rich-quick scheme after hearing about an American living in the UK, who owned a building lot as well as an apartment on 14th Street. He began by assuming the identity of the property owner, a man named Kalev. Glass grew a beard and acquired a cane, a cap and the gait of a man 26 years his senior. He then created the documents that would enable Glass to present himself as Kalev. He began spending time outside the latters apartment building, where he collected Kalevs mail and absorbed whatever information he could find. He used a computer to create a high-quality forgery of Kalevs official identity card using Kalevs personal information and his own photograph. Read more…