![]() Chase attempted to contact the university, and learned that no one with the date of birth and Social Security number listed on the loan application had attended the university. Myers made payments on some of the accounts, but defaulted on a student loan and two credit cards for a loss of $6,727.Īccording to today’s plea agreement, the crime was discovered when Myers defaulted on a $6,000 student loan he obtained from JP Morgan Chase on Nov. Using the stolen identity information, Myers applied for and received credit cards and student loans, including two student loans totaling $13,821, credit cards from Kay Jewelers, Target, Capital One and Citibank, and a GE Money PayPal credit account. Myers admitted that, while employed as a detective with the Joplin police department, he used his law enforcement access to Missouri Department of Revenue computers to locate another individual with the name Joshua Myers and to find that person’s date of birth, Social Security number and other identifying information. 14, 2011, to a federal information that charges him with wire fraud. Myers, 31, of Carterville, Mo., waived his right to a grand jury and pleaded guilty before U.S. KANSAS CITY, MO-Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a former detective with the Joplin, Mo., Police Department has pleaded guilty in federal court to a wire fraud scheme in which he used his law enforcement access to steal the identity of another person. ![]()
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