United States v. Harris, No. 14-1846 (7th Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseFrom 2007-2010, Harris and co-conspirators added themselves as authorized users on existing credit card accounts without the account holders’ knowledge or permission, then took cash advances, cashed convenience checks, and made fraudulent purchases with the accounts. The scheme involved over 50 victims, and resulted in $300,000 in pecuniary loss. In 2008, Harris was taken into custody when a bank became suspicious and called police. Police took, from plain view in Harris’s truck, a notebook, containing a litany of personal information about 14 people. A fingerprint examination revealed 48/50 prints pulled from the notebook matched Harris’ prints. Harris was released, but did not claim the notebook. In 2013, Harris was convicted of fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud with identification documents, 18 U.S.C. 1028(a)(7), 1028(f), 1029(b)(2), and 1349; production and trafficking in counterfeit devices (credit card fraud), of 18 U.S.C. 1029(a)(2); and aggravated identity theft, 18 U.S.C. 1028A. The district court sentenced Harris to 156 months’ imprisonment and ordered him to pay $299,298.67 in restitution. The Seventh Circuit affirmed, rejecting arguments that the court erroneously denied his motion to suppress the notebook and of insufficient evidence to support his conviction, and a challenge to the sentence.
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