Woman admits plot to steal customers' ID info

EAST ST. LOUIS — A worker at a dental business faces up to a year in federal prison after she admitted giving customers' personal information to a relative who used it to get credit cards in her name.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Claudine Jones of Cahokia pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court in East St. Louis to conspiracy and making a false statement.

As part of her plea, Jones admitted supplying a cousin with personal information about roughly 10 Dental Network of America customers.

Those details, including Social Security numbers and birthdates, then were used by someone to get five credit cards on which $3,700 was charged.

Prosecutors say 12 other customer names were used to get 30 cards that were never used.