Former Housekeeper gets Prison for stealing Employer’s ID

United States Attorney Bill Nettles announces that 51-year-old Shirley Ann Rogers of Greenville was sentenced in federal court in Anderson by Senior United States District Judge G. Ross Anderson, Jr , to six and one half months in prison for fraudulently using another person’s debit card without permission.  The prison sentence is to be followed by a consecutive period of 24 months for using another person’s name and personal identification number to complete the debit card fraud.  Judge Anderson also ordered that, after being released from prison, Rogers will serve a period of three years of supervised release and pay restitution of approximately $6,100. Rogers had been employed as a housekeeper for the victim who resided in Greenville.   Near the end of August, 2012, the victim’s bank sent to her at her home address a new debit card in the victim’s name.  A personal identification number was also provided. On September 7, 2012, the new debit card was activated from a mobile telephone used by Rogers.  On September 13, 2012, a telephonic inquiry into the checking account balance associated with the debit card was made from a home telephone number used by Rogers.  Between September 7 and September 17, 2012, using the victim’s name and PIN, the card was utilized in a least 15 transactions to secure from commercial enterprises that do business in interstate commerce more than $1,000 in goods and services.  On September 17, 2012, the victim met Rogers at the bank.  In the presence of a bank employee, Rogers returned the debit card and admitted that she had mistakenly used it.  The case was investigated by Inspector Michael Nicholson of the United States Postal Inspection Service and the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant United States Attorney William C. Lucius of the Greenville office handled the case.