Florida Man Sentenced For Stealing Identity Of Man In A Coma
A Florida man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for stealing the identity of a man in a coma! He pled guilty to more than 20 felony charges!
That’s a lot of charges! However, it fits the crime. You can’t steal the identity of a guy in a coma! C’mon! The incident happened in Volusia County, Florida. The 40-year-old is in a lot of trouble.
Did A Florida Man Steal The Identity Of A Man In A Coma?
25 years is a long time to spend in prison! However, if you’re going to try to steal the identity of a man in a coma then you have to be prepared to do that type of time. What’s the old saying? “Don’t do the crime if you won’t do the time?” That seems fitting here.
According to Click Orlando, 40-year-old Donald Wood, of Daytona Beach, stole the comatose man’s identity back in 2021 using personal information to take out loans for several vehicles. A news release obtained by Click Orlando reads, “Furthermore, he hacked into our victim’s bank account and tried to refinance his own house with this information he fraudulently obtained.” In 2022, investigators reportedly started looking into the case and spoke with the victim’s family and discovered that the family had been locked out of their bank account and received bills from many financial institutions including a fake hospital bill for $3,000, according to Click Orlando.
The release went on to say that Wood and his accomplishes applied for credit under the victim’s name in the amount of $75,000. They were able to trace these incidents back to Wood and found several other victims across the country. Wood was arrested back in 2022 for the crime. Now, recently, he pled guilty to organized scheme to defraud over $50K, 14 counts of fraudulent use of personal identification information of a specified individual, 3 counts of fraudulent use of personal identification information, 2 counts of tampering in felony second-degree proceeding, and mortgage fraud, per Click Orlando.
You can see Wood’s mugshot provided by the Volusia County Jail below. The comatose man that this Florida man stole from is reportedly from Texas. He’s covering some ground! Now, he’s been sentenced to 25 years behind bars for the crimes after pleading guilty. I can’t imagine what he could have been looking at if he didn’t plead guilty! You have to imagine some sort of deal was struck.
