Mortgage Company Owner Gets 10 years of ID theft

Mortgage Company Owner Gets 10 years of ID theft

August 23, 2007

Michael Alexander Hartsell, the owner of a mortgage company was convicted yesterday of conspiring and using his business to steal the identities of victims in Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and San Diego counties. He was sentenced to ten years in prison after pleading guilty to fourteen felony counts of identity theft, thirteen counts of grand larceny, and one count of forgery.

Four additional co-defendants have also been charged in the conspiracy and identity theft ring:

Patricia Ann McIntosh, 42, Vista, pleaded guilty to 14 counts and is scheduled to be sentenced September 19, 2007

Natasha Chiara Di Lorenzo, 31, Oceanside, pleaded guilty to four counts and was sentenced to two years in prison.

William Andrew Padworski, 47, Oceanside, pleaded guilty to eight counts and was sentenced to two years and eight months in state prison.

Laurrisa Laurrainne Ballow, 39, is scheduled to be arraigned in this case on September 14, 2007. Ballow face a maximum sentence of up to 96 years if convicted of all counts.

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