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| Tennessee changes the way prisons do business |
| By WMC-TV |
| Published: 10/20/2003 |
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A fraud scheme involving ID theft from behind bars is changing the way Tennessee prisons do business. Federal indictments say a Tennessee inmate was stealing identities from behind bars. We found out that woman, who was convicted of fraud, had legal access to the info, as did thousands of other inmates, but not anymore. Patricia Johnson was in prison for numerous convictions of fraud and credit card theft. While in jail, she was hired to do data entry for the state and had access to all kinds of personal info. Indictments say Johnson ripped off stores like Goldsmith's, Dillard's, and Sears with that info until another inmate snitched in May. The department has identified 8 other inmates who have fraud related or forgery related and removed them from the programs but there was no indication they were involved in this or any other crime. Johnson's fraud cases were mainly with Memphis police, who say inmates and intimate info don't mix. Because of this case, the Tennessee Department of Health no longer uses prisoners for data entry on birth, death and marriage info. University of Memphis Basketball player Clyde Wade was also indicted in this fraud. He's been suspended from the team. |
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