Former Marine charged in theft from troops

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Former Marine charged in theft from troops
The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Jan 10, 2008 13:03:04 EST

LAS VEGAS — A federal grand jury has indicted a former Marine in the theft of $39,000 from the bank accounts of 15 active-duty Marines while they were serving in Iraq.

Edgar Alejandro Hermosillo was charged with conspiracy, wire fraud and identity theft.

The U.S. Attorney in Nevada said Hermosillo, 24, was a Marine from 2001 to 2005 and, during that time, accessed bank account information of Marines on computers at Camp Pendleton, Calif.

After being discharged in May 2005, he allegedly directed funds to be sent to his own bank account, those of his family members and to Western Union branches in Nevada, Texas and New Mexico.

He now lives in El Paso, Texas. An attempt to reach him was unsuccessful.


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