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Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2020 7:54 pm Post subject: Woman accused of stealing identity of Rockets owner by opening credit cards in his name |
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https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2020/02/26/dumb-mistake-woman-accused-of-stealing-identity-of-billionaire-tilman-fertitta-opening-up-credit-cards-in-his-name/
Quote: | 'Dumb mistake’: Woman accused of stealing identity of billionaire Tilman Fertitta, opening up credit cards in his name
SPRING, Texas – Investigators arrested a 28-year-old mother of two and confiscated computers, credit cards and other items at her Spring home after they said she stole billionaire Tilman Fertitta’s identity.
“It was, I mean, spur of the moment,” Stephanie Hunter said in an interview after her arrest. “I do apologize for it. It wasn’t something that I do on a regular basis or anything like that.”
Hunter said she bought Fertitta’s social security number on the dark web using Bitcoin and used it to open credit cards at Capital One Bank and Conn’s Home Plus.
Lifelock, an identity theft protection company, caught the suspicious account activity, alerted Fertitta and he called police before Hunter bought anything, according to court documents.
Hunter said it cost her “roughly $10” to buy his social security number, which she now calls “a dumb mistake.”
“I didn’t even know who he was, honestly,” Hunter said, adding that someone else suggested she buy his identity. “I didn’t know who he was at all."
Forbes estimates that Fertitta, TV personality and owner of Landry’s, Golden Nugget Casinos and the Houston Rockets, is worth about $4.8 billion.
According to court documents, Hunter opened the fraudulent accounts on Sept. 2, 2019, and investigators arrested her about a month later on an unrelated charge, and she confessed.
In early February, investigators arrested Hunter and confiscated three laptops, four desktop computers, an iPad, six credit cards, a driver’s license and a social card, each with different names.
Hunter said she worked for Apple tech support and that the confiscated computers were used for work or old and unused. She claimed to have never stolen anyone’s identity except Fertitta’s.
Hunter faces a felony charge of fraudulent use of identifying information.
Fertitta was in Austin on Tuesday and did not return a request for comment through his office. |
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Aeneas Hunter Retired Number
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Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2020 7:04 am Post subject: |
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She bought the social security number on the dark web using Bitcoin, but it wasn't something she did on a regular basis, and she really didn't know who he was. Uh huh. This really sounds like something arranged by Lifelock as an advertisement. |
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C M B Franchise Player
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Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2020 12:18 pm Post subject: |
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tbqh i still don't know who tilman fritatta is _________________ http://chickhearn.ytmnd.com/
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Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2020 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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C M B wrote: | tbqh i still don't know who tilman fritatta is |
He owns Golden Nugget Casinos and a bunch of restaurants. |
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unleasHell Franchise Player
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Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2020 8:44 am Post subject: |
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Too bad she didn't try to make some trades... _________________ “Always remember... Rumors are carried by haters, spread by fools, and accepted by idiots.” |
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Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2020 10:50 am Post subject: |
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C M B wrote: | tbqh i still don't know who tilman fritatta is |
True: Typing a name in google is so much damn effort why bother. |
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