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A strange case of identity theft
Susan Sward, Chronicle Staff Writer
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Margot Somerville knew she was in for a hassle when her wallet was stolen in 2006 on a San Francisco streetcar. But she had no way of knowing she would end up facing felony identity-theft charges 950 miles away.Somerville, 64, was a retired Wells Fargo Bank vice president. Her youngest son, Todd Harris, was a nationally known Republican strategist. The entryway of her expensive Walnut Creek home was decorated with pictures of her with former President George H.W. Bush and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. She had never been accused of a crime in her life.
But one Sunday morning in April 2008, nearly two years after her wallet was swiped, police came to her house and took Somerville away in handcuffs on a no-bail warrant out of Colorado.
Prosecutors in a town near Denver claimed she had masterminded a scam in which a woman armed with Somerville's identification had used stolen checks and bank withdrawal slips to steal more than $60,000 from other people's accounts at local Wells Fargo branches. Somerville was charged with 19 felonies.
By the time the charges were dropped seven months later, Somerville said she had spent more than $46,000 in legal bills. (Read this lengthy article at www.sfgate.com)
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