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Posted at 2:23 p.m., Friday, April 27, 2007

ID theft conviction brings 10-year prison term

Advertiser Staff

A 38-year-old woman was sentenced this morning to a 10-year prison term for using the identities of three women to steal items from various companies.

Circuit Judge Dexter Del Rosario also ordered Lillian Hussein to serve the full 10 years without parole because she is a repeat offender. The judge ordered Hussein to pay more than $3,000 in restitution.

Hussein obtained items such as jewelry, food, computers, a used car and furniture though the use of the women's identities, according to city Deputy Prosecutor Melissa Karlen.

Hussein earlier pleaded guilty to 36 felony offenses of identity theft, forgery and theft that she committed in 2005 and 2006 while on probation in earlier cases involving identity theft.

Her probation for the previous case was revoked earlier and she was ordered to serve a 10-year prison term.

Hussein must serve today's sentence after she completes serving the earlier 10-year term, according to the judge's ruling.