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December 22,
2003
Contact:
Lynn Kimbrough, 720-913-9025
CRIME RING
INDICTED ON 36 COUNTS
Denver District
Attorney Bill Ritter, Jr. announced today the arrest and
indictment of a 46-year-old Denver area woman and ten others in
connection with organized crime activity that included fraud,
theft, criminal impersonation and forgery.
Golda Harvey
(DOB: 7-4-57) is charged by indictment with:
Violating the
Colorado Organized Crime Control Act (racketeering) F2 (one
count)
Conspiracy F4 (one
count)
Securities fraud F3
(nine counts)
Theft F3 (two
counts)
Forgery F5 (eight
counts)
Criminal
impersonation F6 (seven counts)
Theft from an
at-risk adult F3 (two counts)
Attempted theft F4
(one count)
First-degree
aggravated motor vehicle theft F3 (five counts)
The indictment,
which was unsealed today, alleges that Harvey headed up a
criminal enterprise that engaged in a variety of illegal schemes
and criminal activity. It alleges that the group acted with a
common goal of stealing money, real property and motor vehicles
through security fraud scams, equity skimming, forged documents
and identity theft from December, 2000 up until her arrest on
December 18, 2003.
Harvey remains in
the Denver County Jail. Her bond has been set at $1,000,000.
She has been out on bond in a current federal case in which she
was indicted on 89 counts.
Indicted with Harvey
on similar charges were ten co-defendants: Albert Lujan
(5-8-55), Bridget Kelley (5-11-77), Natalie Soria (5-7-69),
Donnie Pierce (12-12-72), Mary Torres (7-30-75), Reyna Gutierrez
(5-23-76), Melanie Seely (7-5-79), Sylvia Meraz (12-29-74),
Frank “Pete” Elliot, Jr. (8-5-65), and Robert Sanchez (4-18-80).
The investigation is
on-going and additional charges are possible.
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