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Mar 22, 2008 8:11 am US/Eastern

Former Postal Worker Implicated In ID Theft Ring

FT. LAUDERDALE (CBS4) ― A former United States postal employee is among 7 people charged in an identity theft ring. Federal agents tell CBS4 Carey Codd that the scheme victimized dozens of South Florida residents.

The former employee, Dondre Green, worked at the North Miami Beach post office, and was fired last year. 

The United States Postal Inspector's Office said Green is handed over the credit cards- including David Berry. Berry reportedly recruited others to go shopping.

Federal agents said the group reportedly utilized the help of a Target employee to sidestep the company's internal security controls to carry out the scheme.

Records show the group spent more than $100,000 on gift cards, electronics, auto parts and even paid off traffic tickets with the fraudulent credit cards.

A woman who calls herself "Maria," is still cleaning up the mess ID thieves made of her credit. "They spent like 38 to 40 thousand dollars on our line of credit," she said. The thieves spent $38,000 in just 10 days, charging to Macy's, Victoria's Secret, and even Café Iguana.

Each of the seven people arrested made an initial appearance in federal court Friday. If convicted each person faces several years in prison.

For Maria and others they had to fight for month to clear up their records at their bank. She said the thieves cost her time, her credit score, and her sense of security.

"For us the victims, this is a terrible thing to deal with," she said.

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