Belleville woman sentenced to prison for buying a car with a stolen identity
A Belleville woman is going to prison for two years for buying a car in Germantown using someone else’s identity.
Kyetia M. Hines, 36, was sentenced on Tuesday afternoon at the federal courthouse in East St. Louis, a news release from U.S. Attorney Steven D. Weinhoeft’s office stated.
Hines pleaded guilty to one count each of conspiracy, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft on Aug. 29 in the Southern District of Illinois, federal court records show. Her lawyer, public defender Daniel Cronin, declined to comment on the case.
In October 2018, Hines submitted an online credit application to Jansen Chevrolet in Germantown under a stolen identity, the release stated. On Nov. 1, 2018, she went to the car dealership and bought a new Chevy Malibu with that identity.
To obtain financing to purchase the car, Hines provided the dealership with fraudulent documents containing the stolen name, including a fake temporary Illinois driver’s license with her picture and the other person’s name, the release stated.
Hines’ co-defendant Tamecia C. Buckley, 36, also of Belleville, pleaded guilty to the same charges for also buying a car from the same dealership with a stolen identity. She will be sentenced Jan. 23.
According to the release, investigators recovered both of the fraudulently purchased vehicles and returned them to Jansen Chevrolet.
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