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ASHEVILLE, N.C. – ASHEVILLE, N.C. – March 24, 2022: Elenilson Ceron, 25, of Newland, North Carolina,
was sentenced today to 26 months in prison for committing bank fraud and aggravated identity theft using stolen identification documents, according to Dena J. King, United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Ceron will also have to serve two years under court supervision after he is released from jail, according to Chief U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger.
Ceron and his co-defendant, Jennifer Pardo, engaged in a conspiracy to defraud financial institutions by arranging loans in the names of identity theft victims in November 2019, according to filed documents and today's court hearings. Ceron and Pardo got the victims' personal identifying information (PII) by stealing personal checks, credit cards, medical records, and other sensitive information from the victims' mailboxes, houses, and automobiles, as well as friends' and family members' home computers. The couple used the stolen PII to open bank accounts, credit cards, and personal loans in the victims' identities.
According to court records, the defendants obtained at least $6,500 in illegal gains in this manner.
Ceron and Pardo pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft and bank fraud. For her part in the plot, Pardo was previously sentenced to 30 months in prison.
U.S. Attorney King praised the USPIS for their investigation in making today's announcement.
The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney's Office in Asheville.
Wnctimes by Marjorie Farrington
