Brother Against Brother: Former Marine Steals Sibling’s Identity To Join Military
February 14, 2011 1 Comment
A former Marine has admitted in federal court that he stole his brother’s identity, worked at Naval Hospital Guam for about 19 months under a false name and faked his suicide to cover up the scheme.
Jason Robert Daniels has offered to plead guilty to identity theft, multiple forms of fraud and misuse of a Social Security number, according to a proposed plea agreement filed in the District Court of Guam on Friday.
Daniels, his attorney and prosecutors have all signed the plea offer, but the agreement won’t be official until a federal judge approves it. A plea hearing hasn’t been set yet.
Multiple charges
Jason Robert Daniels has offered to plead guilty to these crimes:
- 10 counts of wire fraud.
- Four counts of financial institution fraud.
- Access device fraud.
- Six counts of misuse of a social security number.
- Four counts of aggravated identity theft.
According to the proposed plea, Jason Daniels first swiped the identity of his brother, Douglas Arvil Daniels, when he enlisted in the Navy in Detroit in January 2008. Jason Robert Daniels had been discharged from the Marine Corps for “disciplinary infractions” about six months before that, the proposed agreement states.
Once in the Navy, Jason Robert Daniels was sent to Guam to work as a corpsman at the hospital from Feb. 2008 to September 2009, during which time about $60,000 of wages was directly deposited into a federal credit union account, the proposed agreement sates.
During this time, Jason Robert Daniels also used his brother’s identity to open bank accounts, get credit cards and personal loans, the proposed agreement states.
Finally, he attempted to kill off his fake identity while leaving all his earnings to his true identity, the proposed agreement sates.
Jason Robert Daniels changed the beneficiary of his $400,000 military life insurance policy to his purported brother, who was really himself, and created a will that left his property to “Jason Daniels.”
“[Jason Robert Daniels] attempted to prevent detection of his fraudulent scheme by leaving a purported suicide note in his residence; … [Jason Robert Daniels] departed Guam on about Sept. 2 2009, on a commercial flight to Chicago, Illinois, and was subsequently discharged from the Navy on about Sept. 21, 2009,” the proposed agreement states.
The credit union closed Jason Robert Daniels’ accounts, and incurred a loss of more than $16,500, the proposed agreement states.
Jason Robert Daniels was arrested in the town of Bolingbrook, Ill., in August 2010, according to District Court files.
{source: Marine Corp Times} – February, 2011
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