A Hamilton woman has received a 16-month house-arrest sentence followed by eight months under curfew for her role in a $420,000 fraud involving four high-end vehicles purchased from Ontario dealerships using stolen identities.

The 34-year-old pleaded guilty to charges connected to vehicles obtained from dealerships in New Hamburg, Exeter, Bancroft and Burlington. Court heard that fraudulent driver’s licences bearing her photograph and the names of identity-theft victims were used to complete the purchases.

The vehicles included two GMC Sierra pickup trucks, a Jeep Rubicon and a Jeep Gladiator. The woman attended the dealerships, signed financing documents and collected the vehicles before delivering them elsewhere. She was reportedly paid $3,600 for each transaction.

Justice Pamela Borghesan had previously rejected a proposed conditional sentence after finding the original house-arrest terms too lenient. She accepted a revised joint submission after the restrictions were tightened and ordered the woman to wear an ankle monitor.

At least three of the vehicles were recovered, although their value had been reduced. The woman will also serve two years of probation and is prohibited for 10 years from working or volunteering in positions involving authority over another person’s money or property.

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