December 21, Associated Press — Nigerian pleads guilty in identity theft case. A Nigerian
national pleaded guilty Tuesday, December 20, to conspiracy and grand theft involving identity theft that authorities say was accomplished by accessing personal information stolen from consumer data collector ChoicePoint Inc. Olatunji Oluwatosin, 42, of North Hollywood, CA, was indicted by a grand jury in August on 22 counts of identity theft, conspiracy, grand theft and credit card fraud. At the time of his indictment, prosecutors said the scheme cost at least $4 million in damages and involved 16 victims and five banks or credit card companies.
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