A Fall River home healthcare provider and her cousin have been named in a 32-count federal indictment alleging they stole the identity of a Bristol, R.I., man and used it to steal nearly $36,000 from his bank account.
Juliet Rose Levesque of Fall River and her cousin, Paul McKenzie of Rex, Ga., were indicted Wednesday by a Providence federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy, identity fraud, bank fraud and wire fraud.
It is alleged in the indictment that Levesque, who was providing in-home nursing services to the victim in his Bristol home, and her cousin conspired to steal the victim’s identification and steal funds from the victim’s Rhode Island bank account. It is alleged they used the victim’s identity to steal his funds from his bank account electronically. It is alleged the thefts took place between April 2009 and August 2009, according to a press release from the Rhode Island U.S. [...]

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