Female Pretexting and Identity Thief Gets 38 Years
Female Identity Thief Gets 38 Years
Forty two-year old Furnioes Giddings Parker of Duncanville, Texas, a former restaurant personnel and a dietitian’s aide, was given a 38-year jail sentence for stealing thousands of dollars using other people’s names in anexplosive pretexting case. Did she deserve such penalty? One might think that such punishment may be harsh considering her age, but then, one look at her criminal records definitely justifies the conviction.
Convicted of stealing 26 identities in 1994 and released on probation, Parker got another 180 days in jail after violating the terms of her release a couple of years later. The law on identity theft and pretexting was toothless back then and this drove Parker to do more shopping and stacking credits using other people’s names. But a revision of the law elevated fraud into a first-degree felony if the violator used more than 50 identities.
Last year, Parker stole at least 78 names. Ask anyone of those 78 people whether or not Parker deserve such punishment, the answer would be a unanimous, resounding yes. And who could blame them? It’s not just the huge numbers on their bills for things they have not even bought, but the emotional trauma she has caused her victims; very damaging to say the least.
There are still identity thieves out there, but with a harsher law on pretexting, they should definitely think twice before they steal another name again.
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