Man Charged in Internet Identity Theft Scam
A 19-year-old Los Angeles man, who allegedly used a legitimate company’s name to trick 2,700 people into providing credit card and personal information over the Internet, was charged with identity theft.
Ryan Daniel Hovey pleaded innocent this afternoon to 14 counts of identity theft, along with 13 counts of access card fraud, two counts of grand theft and one count of attempted grand theft.
Hovey, who was arrested last Friday, was ordered held on $500,000 bail pending his next appearance in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom on Nov. 9. Hovey allegedly collected the personal identifying information and access card numbers of about 2,200 people.
He used their personal and credit card information to make purchases of merchandise ranging from computer equipment to airline tickets, alleged Deputy District Attorney Jeffrey McGrath, head of the High Tech Crimes Unit.
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