Five Arrested In Maryland Identity Theft Probe [Portsmouth,VA]

Victims May Include Navy Officers From Norfolk

(AP) - The Navy and Baltimore authorities are investigating an alleged identify theft ring accused of obtaining fake driver's licenses and stealing patient records from a large medical testing company to buy expensive cars and building supplies.

Five people have been arrested, including a Baltimore man who was an employee of Teterboro, N.J.-based Quest Diagnostics. They are accused of using the victims' names, Social Security numbers and other personal information to get credit at stores and car dealerships.

Local authorities have linked the ring to six civilian victims, all of whom were patients at Quest in the last six months, according to court records. One of the victims, Edward Smith of Frederick County, called police after an insurance company notified him that someone had bought a $42,100 Cadillac Escalade in his name with his Social Security number.

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