Gay man, shunned by family, steals brother's identity, police say. z, f5 S' S5 ~+ N6 d( V
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Brotherly love has apparently turned sour between two siblings after police said one of them fraudulently obtained credit cards, established a bank account and bought a new car under the other’s identity.
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" F9 {7 O7 ]# T* f. JGlendale police were alerted to the alleged identity theft two weeks ago when an Allen Gwyn Chevrolet employee advised Christopher Higa, 24, to return a new 2012 Chevy Malibu that he purchased using the identity of his 21-year-old brother, Nicholas Higa, according to Glendale police reports. P6 ?' q( \6 e
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Employees at the Brand Boulevard dealership spotted the bogus purchase when they ran a credit report on Nicholas Higa and discovered a fraud alert warning. Christopher Higa also allegedly issued $2,800 in bounced checks in his brother’s name at the dealership. Detectives said he established a Bank of America account in his brother’s name, the Glendale News-Press reported.4 d2 t/ k& ], n0 b" r- i% c
' w0 z; T F0 m! C+ N2 \" OChristopher Higa told officers that he wasn’t getting along with his family and hadn’t spoken with them in a year after they allegedly shunned him for being gay, according to police reports.
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$ z5 B6 B4 l9 L2 q/ jChristopher Higa told police he used his brother’s identity at Toyota of Glendale to purchase a 2011 Chevy Malibu, which he returned after discovering he could get a better deal on a newer model at the Chevrolet dealership, according to police. He allegedly told Toyota employees that he was unable to make payments because he was unemployed, so they took the car back.( r3 h8 z1 }+ m( l
5 Y- r' v0 u1 w6 h- R( V0 PGlendale Police Det. Robert Zaun described it as a “carefully constructed fraud by Christopher Higa, who obviously has no morals or conscience.”
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; d, j; X. w4 \# K" b4 cHe is charged with six felony counts of identity theft, second-degree commercial burglary, grand theft auto, issuing multiple checks with insufficient funds, and grand theft of personal property for pilfering $950 from Mad Dog Bail Bonds, according to a Los Angeles County Superior Court complaint.
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, z) F5 k3 ~' eHe remains in custody in lieu of $155,000 bail.
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Glendale警方稱24歲的Christopher Higa盜竊21歲弟弟Nicholas Higa身份辦理銀行帳戶，購買了一輛汽車. D& M$ Z" Y: B9 j, z8 @
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后來他想換車型，車行員工在核實資料是發現狀況并報警，揭發事件) M9 y6 m( q0 z1 P: ]2 z& f
( |& J1 C8 u5 b8 l3 UChristopher Higa告訴警察說：自出柜后，家人就不和他住，不和他答話，他們都因為他是同志而避開他
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警察批他精心設計去詐騙家人無道德良心
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. F' r5 r% }* D# A9 ]他被控身份盜竊，二級商業盜竊，開空頭支票，盜竊汽車，盜竊個人財產等六項重罪，現已 $155,000 保釋 |
發表於 2012-4-21 11:38
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