Jonathan Rose Press Release (Guilty Plea)

March 27, 2008
For Immediate Release

ST. LOUIS AREA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CREDIT CARD FRAUD, USING PERSONAL INFORMATION AFTER STEALING A LIST OF NAMES FROM THE 1980'S

St. Louis, MO: Jonathan Rose pled guilty to stealing a list of names and identity information to obtain credit and debit cards, United States Attorney Catherine L. Hanaway announced today.

According to the facts filed with the court, in December 2007, Rose was arrested by St. Louis City Police on suspicion of burglary. While conducting a search of Rose during his arrest, police discovered a large printed list of names, social security numbers and birth dates in his backpack. This listing was a copy of a State of Missouri, Division of Family Services compilation from the early 1980's, which contained 720 names with identifying information.

The listing had been stolen from a storage locker located in the garage area of a residential property in the Dog Town area of St. Louis where it had been stored by a former employee who retired in 2000. All of the people who were potentially affected have been notified. Rose used a computer lab at Washington University to do credit checks on some the of the names and applied for credit and debit cards. He attempted to have cards sent to vacant addresses. The loss associated with this activity is between $8,000-$10,000.

JONATHAN ROSE, St. Louis, pled guilty to two felony counts of credit card fraud this morning before United States District Judge E. Richard Webber. Rose now faces a maximum penalty of ten years in prison and/or fines up to $250,000, per count, when he is sentenced on June 16, 2008.

Hanaway commended the work performed on the case by the United States Postal Inspection Service and Assistant United States Attorney James E. Crowe, who is handling the case for the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI CATHERINE L. HANAWAY United States Attorney	NEWS RELEASE
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March 27, 2008 For Immediate Release ST. LOUIS AREA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CREDIT CARD FRAUD, USING PERSONAL INFORMATION AFTER STEALING A LIST OF NAMES FROM THE 1980'S St. Louis, MO: Jonathan Rose pled guilty to stealing a list of names and identity information to obtain credit and debit cards, United States Attorney Catherine L. Hanaway announced today. According to the facts filed with the court, in December 2007, Rose was arrested by St. Louis City Police on suspicion of burglary. While conducting a search of Rose during his arrest, police discovered a large printed list of names, social security numbers and birth dates in his backpack. This listing was a copy of a State of Missouri, Division of Family Services compilation from the early 1980's, which contained 720 names with identifying information. The listing had been stolen from a storage locker located in the garage area of a residential property in the Dog Town area of St. Louis where it had been stored by a former employee who retired in 2000. All of the people who were potentially affected have been notified. Rose used a computer lab at Washington University to do credit checks on some the of the names and applied for credit and debit cards. He attempted to have cards sent to vacant addresses. The loss associated with this activity is between $8,000-$10,000. JONATHAN ROSE, St. Louis, pled guilty to two felony counts of credit card fraud this morning before United States District Judge E. Richard Webber. Rose now faces a maximum penalty of ten years in prison and/or fines up to $250,000, per count, when he is sentenced on June 16, 2008. Hanaway commended the work performed on the case by the United States Postal Inspection Service and Assistant United States Attorney James E. Crowe, who is handling the case for the U.S. Attorney’s Office.