A South Dakota man has been sentenced for orchestrating a multi?year identity fraud scheme that exploited state and federal benefit programs using stolen and synthetic identities. According to the South Dakota Attorney General’s Office and the U.S. Department of Justice, the defendant used personal information taken from data breaches and public records to create dozens […]
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