HR employee arrested on Identity Theft

The assistant human resources managerat American Greetings in KY has been arrested with charges of ID Theft. He apparently took the social security numbers and other personal information of employees, and tried applied for loans using fake Driver’s License’s, Social Security Cards and Credit Cards of other employees.

•  Story link from local news media, www.kystandard.com, posted on Aug 1, 2008 – http://www.kystandard.com/cgi-bin/storyviewnew.cgi?091+News.200881-1852-091-091038.Full+News

A human resources employee at American Greetings was arrested Monday after attempting to get a loan with another employee’s identification.

William David Kaelin, 36, Louisville, allegedly entered National City Bank, Monday to apply for a loan. He completed and signed loan papers for $10,000 using the name and Social Security number of an American Greetings employee.

Kaelin gave a confession statement referencing the use of past and present American Greetings employees’ information to obtain loans for money via the Internet.