Some of what Surrey RCMP found in February at a Newton home that served as an ID theft base.
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By Ryan Starr - Surrey North Delta Leader
Published: August 25, 2008 3:00 PM
Updated: August 27, 2008 4:28 PM
A Surrey man who was part of B.C.'s largest identify theft ring pleaded guilty last week and was released from jail after serving six months.
Timothy Bradley Moisan, 35, on Aug. 18 pleaded guilty to fraudulent possession of credit card data.
He also pleaded guilty to an unrelated fraud charge from 2005 in which he stayed one night at a hotel impersonating someone else.
Moisan, who had no previous criminal convictions, was sentenced to one year in jail, with an 18-month probation order.
Since the six months Moisan already spent in prison is weighed double because it was served before trial, he was a free man as of last Thursday.
"This sentence was in the range of what the Crown had asked for and the police involved in this case are satisfied and supportive of the disposition," said Crown counsel spokesman Stan Lowe.
Moisan and an accomplice, Tanya Aschert, 27, also from Surrey, were arrested in February and charged in connection with an identify theft ring that used a Newton home at 141 Street and 72 Avenue as a base.
Executing a search warrant at the home, Surrey RCMP recovered more than 2,400 pieces of stolen mail that dated as far back as 1998 and came from 24 cities across B.C.
Police seized Canada Post uniforms and mail satchels, forged mailbox keys, more than 100 drivers licences, over 500 credit cards, 12 international passports and 75 medical cards.
Investigators also found in excess of 100 CDs that were believed to contain personal data profiles.
Under his 18-month probation order, Moisan is to notify the court in advance of any change of name or address and is not to possess any credit card, debit cards, identification or mail not in his own name.
His co-accused, Aschert, is expected in Vancouver court on Sept. 8.
rstarr@surreyleader.com
