3 Men Charged In Scheme To Use Names Of Dead Individuals To Open Credit Cards

On Monday, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois stated that three men had been indicted in an alleged operation to fraudulently open credit cards in the names of recently dead individuals.

Roosevelt Garrett, 57, of Itasca, has been charged with four counts of wire fraud, three counts of mail fraud, four counts of submitting fraudulent corporation tax returns, and one count of failure to file an individual tax return.

Torience Garrett, 53, of Bolingbrook, has been charged with four counts of wire fraud, three counts of mail fraud, four counts of fraudulent business tax forms, and one act of money laundering…

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