Identity Theft

Mother sentenced for waterboarding baby boy and putting him in freezer

by

GRESHAM, OR – A 30-year-old mother from Oregon has been sentenced to a month in prison after subjecting her infant to waterboarding and placing him in a freezer. Sharday McDonald’s actions were reportedly a twisted attempt to gauge the level of concern from the child’s father. McDonald admitted to criminal mistreatment, identity theft, and witness tampering charges following a welfare check on October 28, 2021, that revealed the child’s abuse. Police were alerted to McDonald’s …

Read more

Man convicted for using dead brother’s identity for more than 60 years

by

In a surprising turn of events, Napoleon Gonzalez, an 86-year-old man from Etna, Maine, was found guilty of multiple counts of fraud, including identity theft, passport fraud, Social Security fraud, and mail fraud. The verdict was delivered last Friday after a two-day trial at the U.S. District Court in Bangor, with Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. presiding. Gonzalez had been impersonating his deceased brother, Guillermo Gonzalez, since the mid-1960s. Guillermo had died in infancy in …

Read more