Columbia man convicted of wire fraud and identity theft

Friday, August 17, 2007 | 6:42 p.m. CDT; updated 12:17 a.m. CDT, Monday, July 14, 2008

A Columbia man was convicted of wire fraud and identity theft Friday for obtaining credit cards using identities he found by researching local obituaries, said Don Ledford, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney General’s Office.

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