Identity Thefts reported in Rabun County

Two cases of identity theft are under investigation by the Rabun County Sheriff’s Office.  On July 20, a Tiger resident came to the Sheriff’s Office to report her identity being stolen.  She said that she received a phone call from the fraud department at her bank stating they believed someone had been using her identification to set up accounts and had already created multiple checking accounts and a credit account through them.  She said that these accounts have been opened in North Carolina and she is working with the companies to have them corrected and shut down.  She said that she needed to file a police report to continue the process with the banks.  On July 22, a deputy spoke to a Clayton resident about check fraud.  She told the deputy that she mailed a $500 check but the person never received it; however, the check had been cashed.  She went to her bank and they told her that the name on the check had been changed and the amount was changed to $9,857.  The bank said that the check must have been cashed by a mobile deposit because there were no markings or stamps on the back of the check.  The bank gave her a form to fill out in hopes of getting her money back and she needed to file a police report on the incident.