Complaint — No. 1:21-cr-20056 (Dkt. 3, S.D. Fla.)

Summary

A sealed criminal complaint against Joel Bellegarde, Case No. 1:20-MJ-03251-BECERRA, entered on the docket July 27, 2020 as Document 3 in Case 1:21-cr-20056-AHS, with a cover sheet and an FBI affidavit. It charges mail fraud, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The affidavit alleges that a caller took over TRS retirement accounts by impersonating account holders and had withdrawal checks, including one for $23,956.57, mailed to Homestead addresses, and it describes an FBI controlled delivery of a $51,212.34 check that Bellegarde collected at a FedEx store. It also alleges that an IP address assigned to Bellegarde was used for fraudulent credit card applications and for state unemployment insurance claims, six of which were approved and paid.

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