C'ville man charged with making $107,000 with another's identity

A Carpentersville man has been charged with stealing another man's identity and making a pretty good buck with it.

Abelardo Saldivar, of 820 Monroe Ave., Carpentersville, was arrested Monday on a Class X felony count of identify theft that could land him six to 30 years in prison if convicted.

According to Elgin police reports, Saldivar worked at Amtec Precision Products for three years using another man's name, Social Security number and birth date.

He earned a total of $107,011 under the false identity: $42,047 in 2006; $33,520 in 2007 and $31,443 last year, police said.

Police arrested Saldivar at the precision metals, plastics and assembly company in Elgin and he was being held in the Elgin city lockup on a $100,000 bond.

He has a May 6 court date at the Kane County Judicial Center in St. Charles.

Amtec officials could not be reached for comment.