Fake identity case concludes

A Woodbury woman convicted of using a fake identity to receive thousands of dollars in federal housing credits was sentenced last week.

According to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minneapolis, Victoria Ayoola, 53, was sentenced Jan. 18 to pay $18,114 in restitution and spend two years on probation by U.S. District Court Judge Joan Ericksen. Ayoola had been convicted on one count of Social Security fraud and one count of making false statements after pleading guilty to the charges in August 2012.

According to the news release, Ayoola since 1996 used a phony name and Social Security number in addition to her actual name to obtain driver’s licenses, seek and obtain employment and file federal and state income tax returns.

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