New Jersey Police Arrest Man for Using Stolen Identities to Create Over 1,800 Online Gambling Accounts
Casey Ennis, 44, of Audubon, New Jersey, was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly funding more than 1,800 online gambling accounts using stolen identities and scamming the state out of unemployment benefits. The investigation began in January of last year when some people contacted the New. Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement to inform them that online. gambling account had been created in their names without permission.
Ennis used stolen identities to create over 1,800 online gambling accounts. He was linked to more than $52,000 in withdrawals and purchases connected to his unemployment benefits scheme. Ennis was arrested on May 14 and charged with a slew of crimes. He also had $491 cash, a three grams of methamphetamine, and over 30 electronic devices. The New Jersey State Police Superintendent called identity theft one of the most invasive and intimate non-violent crimes there is.