Woman ordered to prison after breaking bond provision
CRANBERRY TWP — A township woman who was convicted of committing mass identity fraud with her husband has had her $30,000 bond revoked and ordered to prison immediately.
Jennifer MacVittie, 32, plead guilty last year to aggravated identity theft after she and her husband Robert, 35, drove around the country to steal Walmart customers’ identifications via “shoulder surfing.”
The couple then wrote counterfeit checks.
As part of her guilty plea, MacVittie was allowed to self-report to prison in Phoenix, Ariz., this summer.
She stayed with her mother at first, but was then placed in the custody of George Snavely in November.
However, prosecutors said she violated a provision of her bond by changing her address.
“The defendant has not stayed at the address of record since March 2, 2016,” court reports state.
She will serve a 57-month sentence.
The couple sneaked up on people cashing their checks and recorded their social security numbers between January 2013 and December 2014.
From there, they cashed the forged checks after traveling to Walmarts in 22 states.
“When the scheme worked, it was extremely lucrative to the MacVitties,” U.S. Attorney David Hickton said in the sentencing memorandum.
The reports state the couple successfully stole about $340,000 in fake checks. This does not include unsuccessful attempts which exceeded a total of $600,000.
MacVittie’s attorney, Ryan Tutera, said MacVittie will be indicted on a charge of wire and mail fraud regarding credit card applications performed online in 2009.
Robert MacVittie was sentenced separately from his wife.
He is serving a more lenient 34-month sentence due to having no prior convictions.
