HUNTINGTON, W.V.a. (WCHS) — A South Carolina woman received a prison sentence Monday after fraudulently collecting thousands of dollars from multiple West Virginia bank accounts, federal prosecutors said.
Della Palestino, 60, of Lexington was sentenced to two years in prison to be followed by a year of supervised release time for aggravated identity theft, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia.
The release said Palestino used the personal information of others along with forged signatures to withdraw more than $37,000 from four financial institutions in southern West Virginia…