LOS ANGELES : Coroner Employee Pleads Guilty in Credit Card Fraud
A Los Angeles County coroner employee pleaded guilty Thursday to fraud and commercial burglary charges stemming from his use of credit card numbers belonging to dead people.
Theresa Enoex Wilson, 35, entered the guilty plea to two felony counts before a preliminary hearing scheduled in Los Angeles Municipal Court.
Under terms of the agreement, Wilson will be sentenced to 16 months in state prison and ordered to make $8,500 in restitution to four department stores, said Deputy Dist. Atty. Efrem Grail.
Grail said Wilson took numbers from department store credit cards and used them to buy items from Sears, Montgomery Ward, Broadway and Robinsons-May.
The crimes occurred between Oct. 1 and Dec. 6, 1993, Grail said. Coroner’s officials who discovered the scheme immediately notified law enforcement authorities.
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