A programmer/consultant, indicted on identity theft and fraud charges resulting from his alleged theft of 111,000 workers' compensation claimants' records from Sentry Insurance, is due for arraignment tomorrow in U.S. District Court in Nashville, Tenn.
Binyamin Schwartz, 28, of Oak Park, Mich., was indicted July 19 by a grand jury that accused him of identity theft, aggravated identity theft, access device fraud and wire fraud, according to an announcement from James K. Vines, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, and Sarah Beth Pulliam, special agent in charge of the U.S. Secret Service Nashville Office.
The indictment alleges that between May 25 and June 22 of this year, Mr. Schwartz possessed 111,000 stolen Social Security numbers with the corresponding names, addresses and dates of birth for the individuals to whom those numbers belong.
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