SIX-MONTH ID THEFT PROBE LEADS TO MAN EIGHTY IDENTITY PROFILES FOUND IN HOTEL, STORAGE.Byline: Carol Rock Staff Writer CANYON COUNTRY - A former handyman for a Valencia auto dealership was arrested this week after a six-month investigation by sheriff's deputies revealed he was deeply involved in identity theft, a sheriff's official said Thursday. James Johnson James Johnson may refer to: Artists, authors, and musicians
``He somehow had access to rental and purchase agreement paperwork and got the names of people who had done business there,'' sheriff's Sgt. James Anderson James Anderson can refer to these persons: In arts:
driver's licence, driving licence, driving license license, permit, licence - a legal document giving official permission to do something , which he was using.'' Anderson Anderson, river, Canada Anderson, river, c.465 mi (750 km) long, rising in several lakes in N central Northwest Territories, Canada. It meanders north and west before receiving the Carnwath River and flowing north to Liverpool Bay, an arm of the Arctic said that Detective Doug Nail had information that Johnson was using a storage unit on Oak Avenue in Canyon Country. During surveillance, Nail found Johnson at a storage unit he had rented. He had a car rented to his primary victim, Anderson said. ``When he was contacted, Johnson identified himself to our detective as that person, but (Nail) knew what his real name was and arrested him on the spot,'' Anderson said. A warrant to search the storage unit and a hotel room Johnson rented in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. yielded tools purchased with the fraudulently-obtained credit cards and identity profiles for at least 80 different people, Anderson said. The District Attorney's Office high tech unit is reviewing the case. Johnson was booked at the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. sheriff's station and remains in custody at Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or . His bail is listed as $150,000. ``Before he can make bail, he has to have bail hearing,'' Anderson said. ``Because of the nature of his crime, he has to prove to the court that all the proceeds for his bail were obtained legally.'' Anderson said that detectives are in the process of contacting the individuals named in the documentation found at Johnson's two locations to advise them that they may be victims of identity theft. Carol Rock, (661) 257-5252 carol.rock(at)dailynews.com |
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