A Michigan girl who rented designer garments from a number of web sites, however then allegedly bought the garments on-line was charged with fraud by federal prosecutors.
Brandalene Horn opened lots of of accounts with at the very least three firms that permit prospects to put on high-end garments and attire, rented greater than 1 000 gadgets after which bought them on-line for greater than $750 000, US prosecutors in New York stated.
Horn, 42, was arrested Wednesday morning in Freeland, Michigan, and charged with mail fraud, wire fraud and interstate transportation of stolen property. She faces as a lot as 20 years in jail on probably the most severe fees.
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The businesses tried to cost Horn for the gadgets, however she disputed them together with her credit score union or cancelled the playing cards she used to buy them, prosecutors stated. And when the accounts have been closed or flagged for fraudulent exercise, she opened new ones.
Prosecutors stated she mainly replicated the rental listings for her on-line gross sales, typically utilizing the equivalent photographs and descriptions. In a single instance, Horn allegedly listed a $1,390 robe by Ok.Ngsley for $189, utilizing the identical photograph from a rental website.
Whereas the businesses weren’t recognized, a Google search on the Ok.Ngsley robe exhibits the itemizing supplied by prosecutors on Hire the Runway Inc’s web site.
Legal professionals for Horn, who’s scheduled to seem earlier than a Justice of the Peace choose in Michigan right this moment, couldn’t be instantly reached to remark.
The case is US v Horn, 24-mj-636, US District Court docket, Southern District of New York.
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