Angela Brown, of Minnesota was delivered to the Hernando County Detention Center on January 4th 2016. She is being charged with:
Criminal Use of Personal Identification Information (5 counts)
* Forgery (16 counts)
* Uttering a Forged Check (16 counts)
* Organized Fraud – Less than $20,000
Back in August 2015, a branch manager at a local Capital City Bank informed the Sheriff’s Office that a “Julie Ryan” had deposited several checks into her own account at the bank which didn’t clear. The checks were written on a closed Region’s Bank account, also in Julie Ryan’s name.
Detectives discovered that the real Julie Ryan had not been to Florida in many years and that she had never actually visited Hernando County. She is a resident of Minnesota and advised detectives that she did not have a bank account with Capital City or Regions.
Angela Brown also rented an apartment in Julie Ryan’s name which she was evicted from. During the eviction process, information was obtained that led to the name “Angela Brown.”
When Julie Ryan was asked about an Angela Brown, she told authorities that she had attempted to rent an apartment from this person and had provided her copies of her social security card and driver’s license.
Brown opened various other accounts in Ryan’s name including a SunTrust bank account. For approximately 8 months she was using Ryan’s identity for miscellaneous purchases and to utter fraudulent checks between banks.
Brown has a bond of $84,000.