WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Della Palestino, 60, of Lexington, South Carolina, was sentenced today to two years in prison, to be followed by one year of supervised release, and ordered to pay $47,010 in restitution for aggravated identity theft.
According to court documents and statements made in court, between August 23, 2024, and September 26, 2026, Palestino visited four financial institutions in the Southern District of West Virginia and used a different individual's personal identifying information, including a forged signature, to access that individual's bank account without the individual's author...