Friday
Mar022007
ID Theft Case Solved
Friday, March 2, 2007 at 6:16AM A Wilkes man was arrested for identity theft, and immediately bonded out of jail. Steven Patrick Cramer was arrested by a Wilkesboro Police officer Tuesday, in relation to the investigation which has been going on since last October. Ironically, not only does Cramer share the name of his alleged victim, but the two both are window cleaners.
The victim is Patrick O'Donnell Cramer the Second, who lives in Boone. He went to a bank in Boone last May to try and obtain a loan. As is expected, he gave the bank a list of everything he currently owed. But the bank said there was another loan in his name, made at CitiFinancial in Wilkesboro. Cramer called the loan office, where he learned Steven Patrick Cramer had used his social security number to obtain a 5-thousand dollar loan.
With the investigation completed early this week, a police officer met Steven Cramer at the jail and served a felony warrant for financial identity fraud and obtaining property by false pretenses. Cramer was released on a 5-thousand dollar unsecured bond. He's scheduled to be in court next week.
The victim is Patrick O'Donnell Cramer the Second, who lives in Boone. He went to a bank in Boone last May to try and obtain a loan. As is expected, he gave the bank a list of everything he currently owed. But the bank said there was another loan in his name, made at CitiFinancial in Wilkesboro. Cramer called the loan office, where he learned Steven Patrick Cramer had used his social security number to obtain a 5-thousand dollar loan.
With the investigation completed early this week, a police officer met Steven Cramer at the jail and served a felony warrant for financial identity fraud and obtaining property by false pretenses. Cramer was released on a 5-thousand dollar unsecured bond. He's scheduled to be in court next week.
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