Committed fraud while awaiting sentencing for identity theft conviction
COLUMBUS – Jason Richard Yuschak, 28, of Columbus, pleaded guilty in United States District Court here today to mail fraud, admitting that he fraudulently offered a guitar for sale on an Internet auction site while awaiting sentencing on charges of identity theft.
Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Gerald A. O’Farrell, Assistant Inspector in Charge, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and Thomas Mazur, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret Service announced Yuschak’s plea entered today before U.S. District Judge Gregory L. Frost.
Yuschak pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud and one count of committing a crime while under court supervision. Mail fraud is punishable by up to 20 years imprisonment. Committing a crime while under court supervision is punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment served consecutively to any other prison time.
According to a statement of facts read at the plea hearing, Yuschak offered a Gibson Les Paul Custom guitar for sale on eBay and agreed to sell it to an Oklahoma woman for $3,000. The woman paid Yuschak in two e-checks issued through PayPal. The victim asked Yuschak to return her money and Yuschak allegedly mailed the victim an empty envelope. The victim filed a dispute with the company and contacted her local police department, who helped identify Yuschak through the Ohio Law Enforcement Gateway, a secure Web-based platform of databases for law enforcement which is provided and maintained by Ohio Attorney General’s Office.
Yuschak pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft. In that case, Yuschak stole personal identification information of at least 78 customers or potential customers of central Ohio car dealerships where he worked and used the information to apply for credit cards. He was sentenced for those crimes to a 24-month term of imprisonment and was ordered to make restitution to the victims of his offenses.
Postal inspectors and Secret Service agents arrested Yuschak in downtown Columbus on September 16 when he was charged with the fraud. He has been in custody since his arrest.
Stewart commended the cooperative investigation by Postal Inspectors and Secret Service agents and the assistance of the Dublin and Columbus police departments and the Ohio Law Enforcement Gateway, as well as Assistant U.S. Attorney, who is prosecuting the case.
We had a felony drug arrest at Gordon Park in Cleveland, Ohio. The suspect gave false information regarding their identity. OHLEG provided ample information to determine positive ID of suspect and was a very useful tool.
Thanks! Officer Kevin Erskine, Cleveland State Park Police.
Maple Heights PD officers encountered a subject during an arrest whose driver's license did not match the information given, on 1/13/2012.
The subject's fingerprints were scanned using a Mobile ID device. The subject was correctly identified as the brother of the male whose driver's license was being used. A hit was returned on the local/State AFIS and the FBI RISC.
The want was for Trafficking Drugs from OH.
To Whom this may Concern:
My name is Ron Haines, and I am a State Park Police Officer at Cleveland Lake Front State Park. I attempted to stop and arrest a male subject sitting inside a motor vehicle drinking alcohol. When the male subject saw me walking over to his location, he started the vehicle up, placed it in reverse and began to back out of the parking slot. The vehicle struck me; knocking me backwards, and away from him. At which time he continued to travel in reverse at a high rate of speed putting numerous park visitors, including a day care group of children, at risk of injury.
The vehicle had an Ohio Personal plate which came back to an elderly female, whom was clearly not the driver of this vehicle.
My point in writing this is to let you, the good people at OHLEG and Attorney General Mike DeWine, know what a wonderful tool you have placed in our (The Law Enforcement Officers of Ohio) hands. If it were not for the Location Search section on this web site, I would have never been able to identify the driver of this vehicle.
The driver, who turned out to be the owner’s 49 year old son, was located later in the day hiding behind his mother’s sofa, where he was promptly arrested and is currently in jail, unable to make bond on the charge of Felonious Assault on a Police Officer.
Thank You for giving us this most valuable tool.
Sincerely,
Park Officer Ron Haines
Cleveland Lake Front State Park
8701 Lake Shore Blvd.
Cleveland, Ohio 44108
We received a report of a man carrying a rifle down the street who got into a vehicle and drove away. We located the vehicle and made contact with the man. The rifle was visible in his back seat, but was not loaded, and was being lawfully transported. The man had no warrants, was very polite, and did not look the part of a criminal.
Just as we were about to leave him, I discovered several prior arrests on his CCH listed on OHLEG. He had priors for multiple counts of Rape, Felonious Assault, Domestic Violence, Ethnic Intimidation as well as others. Upon learning this, we arrested him for Weapons Under Disability.
Prior to OHLEG, this would not have been found by an officer out on the street. Hope this helps, and that OHLEG will be around for some time to come.
Thanks,
Officer Keeton CPD
We had several armed robberies in Harrison Township and the City of Dayton, which were committed by the same suspect. The victim at a local Loan Max, who had been robbed previously,saw the suspect drive through the parking lot months later. Det. Brian Shiverdecker was able to get the video footage of the suspect's vehicle and a partial license plate number from the previous victim. Det. Shiverdecker put the information in OHLEG and located a vehicle matching the suspect's vehicle, which was registered to a person that was on parole for armed robbery. The suspect was placed in a photo line-up and was identified as the serial robber.
Our officers were recently dispatched to the report of a female unconscious, lying face down in the snow. EMS responded and transported her to a local hospital. Several hours later we were notified that the hospital was still not able to identify her and that she had not regained consciousness. She was transferred to a trauma center a possible inner-cranial hemorrhage.
When we started investigating, we were notified by several people that the female was possibly Angela Anderson. We pulled Angela up on OHLEG and printed out a photograph of her. We took that photograph to the EMS personnel who were on the scene. They told me that the picture looked similar to the girl they treated, but they were not sure.
I then ran a CCH on her through OHLEG and it provided me with several tattoos that the female had on her body. The hospital was able to locate the tattoos and confirmed they were the same. We were finally able to positively identify her.
Sgt.,
I was the first responder on a home invasion run involving a stabbing, at XXXXXXXX. On arrival I observed a female covered in blood, stating she had her apartment broken in to, and the suspect beat and stabbed her, then drove of in her car, a black Jeep, after taking money from her wallet. The listed Jeep had an Ohio license XXXXXXX. The actual location of the incident is XXXXXXXXXXX., which she fled from to get away from the suspect. She described the suspect as a large Male Black (6'-6'2" over 250 lbs.) wearing a tan coat.
I recognized the victim as being the victim of a previous burglary. I had talked with her in regard to that particular incident, and had done some follow-up. As a result of my follow up I developed a suspect that I believed may have done the previous burglary, and circulated this information to Patrol as a person of interest. This information was obtained by talking to residents who had recently seen this individual hanging around, joining in on outside parties, and was seen on the date of the first burglary, hanging around the point of entry. This individual had told residents his name was XXXXXX and his phone number was XXXXXXXX. He even had his picture taken with one of the residents while sitting outside one evening (I have a black and white printed image of this photo). To my knowledge, no charges were ever filed in that incident, and this suspect hasn't been seen hanging around the area lately. Through this info I found a XXXXXXXXX at XXXXXXXXX Ave. by the above phone number. I then looked in IDVUE and OHLEG/OLLEISN and found a XXXXX XXXXX in the system that had a last known address of XXXXXXX Ave. This individual looked very much like the person in the aforementioned photo. The suspect I developed after the first burglary was a XXXXXX XXXXXX male black 6'2" 292 lbs.(which coincidentally is close to the home invasion suspect description), CPD ID #XXXXXX.
In the aftermath of this most recent incident, and the coincidence of descriptions, I informed the responding Robbery detective of my earlier findings and suspicions in relation to a possible suspect. A line-up is forthcoming as a result of this information. I recently received a call from Officer Westfall car 12 B Co., that as a result of my information, he had checked out the area of XXXXXX Ave., and had located the above listed stolen vehicle from the incident, in an alley within a block of XXXXX. Investigation continues.
SCSmith
ICE requested that Morrow County Sheriff's Office house a subject on their behalf. The sheriff's office ran the individual through WebID and determined that there were potential issues with his identity. The results of the WebID revealed that the individual had an active warrant that may not have been identified otherwise. The person had no social security number and the name provided did not exactly match the name listed on the warrant. A LEADS search using the subject's FBI number revealed that the individual was wanted in Franklin County for Failure to Appear on drug charges. Morrow County Sheriff's Office notified ICE and the FBI. The WebID search was returned to the sheriff's office within one minute of the search being initiated. The use of WebID saved the office significant time and helped in identifying an active warrant which may not have otherwise been determined.
Dear Sir or Madam:
I’m writing to let you know how valuable I have found the OHLEG database to be during the course of my duties. I use numerous law enforcement databases on a regular basis and OHLEG has the best collection of information for Ohio subjects and is the easiest to use. The best feature about OHLEG is the web accessibility. If I receive information in the middle of the night regarding a person who has threatened a federal judge or possibly a tip on a wanted person, I can get on my home computer and begin the search without having to travel to the office.
I don’t know how many positive comments you have received, but on behalf of the U.S. Marshals Service for the Southern District of Ohio, we truly appreciate your efforts to keep OHLEG one of the premier law enforcement databases.
Regards,
Jeff Jeffrey C. Balzer
Judicial Security Inspector
United States Marshals Service
Southern District of Ohio
Westerville PD, on 2/1/2012, officers were dispatched to a local pharmacy on a report of a fraudulent prescription.
A vehicle with four subjects arrived at the drive-thru lane of the pharmacy to pick up a prescription and then they were detained by the officers.
The front seat passenger was trying to hide his wallet that contained his ID under the seat.
An officer detained the subject and he was patted down. In the subject's wallet was found an AR ID that was worn and appeared to be a fake. The Social Security Number on the ID was run and the OH Bureau of Motor Vehicles picture did not match the subject.
The subject's fingerprints were scanned using a Mobile ID device. A hit was returned on the local/State AFIS and the FBI RISC. The want was for Parole Violation from AR. As a result of the RISC.