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Date: Fri Dec 21 2007 - 01:17:53 CST

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http://www.courierpress.com/news/2007/dec/19/alleged-wesselmans-scammer-indicted/

By Gavin Lesnick
Evansville Courier & Press
December 19, 2007

A Seattle woman will face federal charges for allegedly defrauding
Wesselman's grocery stores of thousands of dollars.

Carima Jansen was indicted by a federal grand jury in Indianapolis for
the charges, which were investigated by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.

According to a press release issued this morning, the indictment alleges
that the crime began when Wesselman's computer system was compromised in
Evansville by a program that allowed perpetrators to obtain the user ID
and password for the chain's bank account. The program infiltrated the
system through a fraudulent e-mail that was purportedly sent by the
Better Business Bureau, the release said.

Jansen allegedly opened a bank account with a counterfeit passport and
then used the information from the program to transfer funds from
Wesselman's acount to her own. The release said she transferred $14,672
into the account and then withdrew nearly all of the stolen money in
cash.

Jansen faces a maximum possible prison sentence of 10 years and a
maximum possible fine of $250,000. An initial hearing will be scheduled
before a U.S. Magistrate Judge in Evansville Jansen is brought to
Indiana by the United States Marshal. She is currently in custody in
Washington.

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