Louisiana Woman Arrested for Identity Theft

(Port Allen, Louisiana) A 21-year-old local woman, Janecia Fountain, has been arrested for allegedly stealing the identities of more than 20 people while employed at a career placement center.

According to detectives, when people went in looking for career assistance Fountain allegedly stole their personal information.

She's accused of using the names and social security numbers of more than 20 clients to acquire about 33 loans totaling $11,000 in cash.

Fountain was booked into custody.

Offhand, I would speculate that this type of identity theft occurs much more frequently than is reported.