Sometimes the level of people’s stupidity amazes me, not to mention the lack of morals. We would all love a magical engagement but to steal from the elderly to get it is beyond wrong and not very magical at all.
The happy couple are alleged masterminds of an identity theft scam of senior citizens. They were arrested after they posted photos of their Disney World engagement and purchases on Facebook that was paid for with the stolen funds.
Amanda Zieminski, 27, and Clyde Forteau, 29, are from New York City, where they were arrested and indicted for 64 criminal acts including identify theft, falsifying business records, and grand larceny, the Staten Island District Attorney’s office said in a statement Wednesday.
The happy couple allegedly used the stolen money to pay for courtside seats at a 2012 NBA Finals game, a vacation to the Dominican Republic, and a vacation to Disney World, where they got engaged in front of Cinderella’s castle, according to police.
They are accused of stealing the Social Security numbers and credit card information of more than 80 elderly patients from a Staten Island medical center where Zieminski once worked, police said.
Forteau, an aspiring rapper who also goes by the moniker ‘C-Money CEO,’ used the information to file false tax returns and had the refunds sent to his personal bank accounts. Forteau allegedly had his victims’ Social Security payments sent to his own accounts. He posed as a Hurricane Sandy victim who lost his home to explain the diverted money to bank officials, police said. In every tragedy or natural disaster there is usually at least once scammer. It takes a “special” person to take advantage others when they are down.
It took police a year to identify these two. Their search included a Google search that revealed photos of their purchases and vacations posted on the couple’s public Facebook accounts. According to police their purchases and vacations the couple flaunted matched the items charged to the stolen credit card accounts.
When they were arrested they were in possession of more than 50 stolen credit cards and 20 fake I.D.’s
Amanda Zieminski stated on Facebook on June 28 that, ‘Seeing so many homeless people on my way to work makes me realize how blessed I am.’ She failed to mention that the blessings in her life were illegally obtained.
Police also charged and arrested three other alleged accomplices.
Needless to say they all pleaded not guilty.
Wishing you Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust
Sunshine
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