JAMAICAN IN THE NEWS

New York: Supposed LPN accused of identity theft:
A woman who posed as an LPN has been charged with stealing the identity of her “best friend” to work at a New York nursing home.

Tashiany L. Martin, 30, of Atlanta is accused of fraudulently claiming to be Micheiko Foster-Wright, LPN, 37, of Rochester while working at Latta Road Nursing Home, Greece, NY, from September 2003-June 2004.

According to the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, court papers allege that Martin, formerly of Rochester, dropped out of nursing school and illegally “assumed” Foster-Wright’s identity. Court documents also claim Martin provided Latta Road officials with a bogus driver’s license and Social Security card, and a nursing license bearing the name of Foster-Wright, who actually worked at another Monroe County nursing facility, when Martin was looking for work in 2003.

http://nursing.advanceweb.com/Article/New-York-Supposed-LPN-accused-of-identity-theft.aspx

and 4/5 years later:

JURY FINDS CITIZEN OF JAMAICA GUILTY OF
PASSPORT FRAUD AND IDENTITY THEFT OFFENSES

According to court documents, statements made in court and the evidence introduced during the trial, in 2002, MARTIN, a citizen of Jamaica, obtained a New York driver’s license and a New York birth certificate by using the name of a former friend. In 2008, MARTIN used those documents to apply for a United States passport at the Connecticut Passport Agency in Norwalk.

The evidence at trial further revealed that MARTIN also used her friend’s identity in 2002 when she successfully applied for and obtained a U.S. passport, and, in 2003, when she successfully applied for and obtained a job as a licensed practical nurse at a Rochester, N.Y. nursing home. MARTIN’s friend was a licensed practical nurse, but MARTIN was not.

http://www.justice.gov/usao/ct/Press2012/20121220-2.html