Identity thief to learn penalty
PITTSBURGH — A Cranberry Township woman federal prosecutors called one half of “the Bonnie and Clyde of counterfeit checks” should learn her fate today.
Thirty-two-year-old Jennifer MacVittie’s sentencing, set for Monday, was continued into today because of delays on Monday.
A federal judge in Pittsburgh last month sentenced her husband, Robert MacVittie, 35, to 34 months in prison for cashing $300,000 worth of counterfeit checks using personal information stolen by peeking over the shoulders of hundreds of Wal-Mart customers.
Prosecutors say Jennifer MacVittie recorded customers in 20 states as they provided Social Security numbers to cash checks. The couple then used that information to create counterfeit checks that Robert MacVittie cashed at other Wal-Mart stores.