PORTLAND, Ore.— A Portland woman pleaded guilty today for her role in a fraud scheme whereby she and a co-conspirator would steal mail from residential mailboxes and use stolen personal identification information to defraud local banks.
Latanya Jenkins, 50, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit bank fraud, mail theft, and aggravated identity theft.
According to court documents, beginning on an unknown date and continuing until at least July 7, 2020, Jenkins and an accomplice, Demontae Sanders, 48, also of Portland, conspired with one another to steal mail from residential mailboxes throughout the Portland Metropolitan Area. Jenkins and Sanders stole checks, credit cards, and other personal identity information that they used to impersonate victims and open accounts at several local credit unions and banks. The pair used the accounts to defraud these financial institutions.
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