Shope Oluwu secured $27,000 in credit at three suburban St. Louis stores
A 32-year-old New Jersey man who used fake military identification cards to buy jewelry on credit in Missouri was sentenced to two years in prison.
Shope Oluwo showed ID which contained his picture but personal information of other U.S. military enlisted servicemen to secure a $27,000 line of credit, the U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri said in a news release on Wednesday.
Oluwo, a Fort Lee resident, made purchases at three jewelry stores in Chesterfield, Mo. on May, 25, 2014.
None of the victims know Oluwo or gave him permission to use their information to create counterfeit military identification cards or open lines of credit.
He pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft in April.
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