A former University of Central Missouri (UCM) police officer has been placed on five years probation for conspiring with his wife to steal student identification information.
James Drake, 46, and his wife Amanda Drake, 30, pleaded guilty in January to conspiracy to commit identity theft. They were indicted by a federal jury for fraudulently obtaining credit cards using the names, Social Security numbers and birth dates of students at the university, according to digitalburg.com.
Around 7,000 students who attended UCM during the summer of 2005 and 2006 had their personal information stolen. Of those, 15 students’ information was used in opening bank accounts and obtaining student loans, as well as debit and credit card applications.
Campus officials contacted the affected students a week after it was discovered that the information had been compromised. All affected students were offered a complimentary subscription to Experian’s Triple Alert credit monitoring system for a year.
Amanda Drake’s sentencing is scheduled for May 11.
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