DEARBORN — U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced that 11 metro Detroiters have been charged with running identity theft and credit card fraud schemes involving accounts of Blue Cross Blue Shield subscribers.

The following were named in the indictment:

Angela Denise Patton, 47, of  Belleville.

Sam Oscar Patton, 47, of Dearborn.  

Dontez Patton, 23, of Woodhaven.  

Johnathon Weston, 24, of Detroit.  

Charlie Smith, 47, of Detroit.    

Thomas Turner, Sr., 47, of Detroit.

Aramona Coleman, 56, of Southfield.

Tynekwa Hill, 26, of Pontiac.  

Jeffrey Morton, 41, of Oak Park.  

Verdell Kennedy, 45, of Detroit.

Raymond Thomas, 40, of Oak Park.  

According to the indictment, Angela Patton, who worked for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM), printed screen shots containing subscribers’ profiles, including Personal Identifying Information (PII), and gave them to other individuals who used that information to apply for credit in other people’s names and purchase merchandise in stores across the country.  Co-conspirators were arrested in Texas, Ohio and Michigan in possession of BCBSM screen shots coming from Angela Patton’s work computer as well as counterfeit identification cards and credit cards in the names of individual subscribers whose personal information was included in those screen shots. 

Agents recovered additional screen shots that included personal information belonging to thousands of BCBSM and Blue Care Network subscribers while executing search warrants at co-conspirators’ homes in metropolitan Detroit. The information included individuals’ names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers. Counterfeit and re-encoded credit cards and gifts cards were also recovered.

The indictment alleges that three of the co-conspirators who used counterfeit credit cards at different major stores and warehouses fraudulently obtained more than $742,000 worth of merchandise from Sam’s Club alone.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Abed Hammoud with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan.