0:00 I had a problem with drugs and as my 0:05 addiction grew of course money necessity 0:08 grew and I heard about you know people 0:13 stealing mail and making counterfeit 0:15 checks Mary says was stolen account 0:18 information she would create fake checks 0:20 in ID cards to match getting the 0:23 information was easy 0:24 through stealing mail bank dumpsters 0:27 through garbage behind auto loan places 0:32 places that that procure your your write 0:35 your information and then throw it away 0:38 Mary says on a slow day she would cash 0:41 five hundred dollars in counterfeit 0:42 checks on a good day two thousand 0:45 dollars in all two hundred and fifty 0:48 victims were scammed out of almost fifty 0:50 thousand dollars we said that we would 0:53 get into a certain amount of money and 0:54 then we would stop but it never seemed 0:58 like we got to that because no matter if 1:00 we got there it was we needed more so 1:03 it's an illusion 1:05 Mary was arrested she spent more than 1:07 two years in jail and says she now wants 1:09 to make amends I want to tell you that 1:12 that is the reason that I want to do 1:15 this because it was so easy it's 1:17 sickening as for her victims they were 1:21 very upset not only about the monetary 1:23 loss which the some of them suffered but 1:26 moreover they're very upset about their 1:28 good name being trashed it takes a 1:30 significant amount of time to clear that 1:32 off the records if you have a mailbox 1:34 Mary has some advice if you're gonna be 1:37 out of town don't let your mail pile up 1:42 also ask questions if you're going to 1:46 use a bank make sure they shred your 1:48 information if you're using 1:50 I don't title loans any any business 1:53 that's going to take your personal 1:54 information ask them ahead of time how 1:57 do you dispose of my information mary 1:59 says her drug addiction made her do 2:01 desperate things and she apologizes to 2:04 the victims of her crimes 2:07 used this in a letter to my judge that 2:10 remorse is defined as deep moral anguish 2:16 and regret and that is an understatement 2:18 from what I feel