Lyndsay Marie Clancy, 43, of Valparaiso, is facing felony charges after Indiana State Police allege she used a former roommate’s identifying information to open multiple fraudulent credit accounts over a period spanning from April 2019 through August 2023 in Porter County.
According to court documents, the investigation began February 11, 2025, when the Indiana State Police Lowell Post was contacted by the Ohio County Sheriff’s Department regarding a fraud investigation. Authorities reported that a woman came to the Ohio County Sheriff’s Department on January 16, 2025, stating her Social Security card had been stolen and credit cards had been opened using her name and Social Security number.
The affidavit states the woman provided her Experian credit report and informed investigators which accounts she had personally opened and which she had not. She told authorities she believed her former roommate, Lyndsay Clancy, stole her Social Security card and opened fraudulent accounts.…