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  • Jailhouse cyberfraud (inmates processing data commit identity theft)

    10/17/2003 6:25:01 AM PDT · by tdadams · 6 replies · 257+ views
    The Nashville City Paper ^ | October 17, 2003 | Craig Boerner
    A jobs program for state prison inmates has tightened restrictions on inmate labor following an investigation into identity and credit card theft that led to federal indictments Wednesday in Memphis. Patricia Johnson, an inmate at the Tennessee Prison for Women and eight alleged co-conspirators, including University of Memphis basketball player Clyde Wade, were charged with using information obtained from prison data entry work to fraudulently obtain merchandise, cash, and gift cards from stores including Dillard’s, Sears and Goldsmith’s. Tennessee Rehabilitative Initiative in Correction (TRICOR), which provided work for Johnson and other inmates, has also lost some state government business as...