A woman from Long Island who used fake IDs to obtain and attempt to obtain money from various banks in the Western District of New York, including one in northern Chautauqua County, will serve three years in federal prison. U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo says the sentence for 44-year-old Jennifer Poliandro of Wyandanch followed her conviction on charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.
An investigation by Homeland Security Investigations and the U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service found that from February 18-26, Poliandro conspired with others to obtain personally identifiable information of multiple victims from the Internet and use the information to create counterfeit military identification cards and United States passport cards. These fraudulent cards were then used to obtain and attempt to obtain money from various banks in Western New York. On February 18th, Poliandro went to a Lake Shore Bank branch in Fredonia, where she used a counterfeit military identification card in the name of an individual residing in Jamestown to obtain $7,800 from a home equity line of credit account associated with the individual. The total loss amount of the scheme, including actual loss and intended loss, is between $15,000 and $40,000.
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