Identity Theft Ring in Texas Conviction

Kara Liesl Kolb, 34, and Andrew Leo Salazar, 39, will go to federal prison for their part in Identity Theft.

Kolb was sentenced to 51 months in prison and three years supervised probation on charges of conspiracy to possess stolen mail matter and aggravated identity theft. She was ordered to pay restitution of $33,487.09, along with the other people involved in the scheme.

Salazar, who was charged with possession of stolen mail matter and aiding and abetting, was sentenced to 12 months in prison. He also was ordered to serve three years of supervised release and to pay $1,030.36 restitution to also be paid with others convicted in the scheme earlier.

Eight people were sentenced in January in connection with the same scheme to steal mail and use personal information to secure lines of credit, use discarded convenience checks and credit offers and charge purchases to stolen cards.