A Sanford woman is behind bars on identity fraud charges after federal investigators caught her with personal information of more than 500 victims.
Investigators said Amanda Sharpe got caught because of a change of address form she filed with the Post Office.
They believe she filled out a form at the Sanford post office to receive someone else's mail, and opened up credit card accounts in the victim's name.
When investigators with the Postal Inspection Service tracked Sharpe down, they found she had personal information on hundreds of victims.
The investigation started when a Sanford resident complained they weren't getting their mail.
Investigators learned someone had filled out a change of address form directing the victim's mail to Sharpes' home.
Investigators said Sharpe opened up credit cards in the victim's name, made purchases and added money to her own SunPass account.
Investigators believe those victimized lost roughly $200,000.
They believe the latest case may have been the first time she used the change of address form to victimize someone.
Sharpe told investigators the rest of the information came from her old job for a debt consolidation company.
Investigators said most of the time, the change of address form doesn't work for criminals because a notice gets sent to the original address to verify.
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