A 49-year-old Des Moines woman received a 30-month prison sentence and five years of supervised release for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.

Jennifer Suazo, aka Jennifer Esperanza, was sentenced Wednesday, April 19 in U.S. District Court in Seattle, according to a U.S. Department of Justice news release.

At the sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge Tana Lin said, “… identity theft is something that everyone lives in fear of …. Having one’s identity stolen steals that person’s sense of confidence, faith, and security too ….”

Between 2019 and 2022, Suazo defrauded individual victims and financial institutions of at least $107,472. When law enforcement executed a court authorized search warrant at her home, they discovered notebooks with the personal information of some 316 victims.

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Des Moines woman gets 30-month prison sentence for bank fraud, ID theft