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Kaneohe Marine accused of ID theft

A Kaneohe Bay Marine has been accused of stealing more than $1,000 from five comrades deployed to Iraq by illegally obtained access to their credit, police said.

Marine Cpl. Daniel M. Alfieri, 28, who served two tours in Iraq with some of the Marines, applied for more than a dozen credit cards after illegally obtaining Social Security numbers, addresses and other information, police said.

He allegedly stole more than $1,000 in cash and goods before military investigators were alerted to his activities. He stole some of the Marines’ identities while he was with them in Iraq and some after he returned and they were still deployed.

Alfieri, who holds a degree in international studies from Syracuse University, stole some of the Marines’ mail in Hawaii when he knew they were deployed, police said.

He allegedly acquired the credit cards and stole the money in July, August and September 2007.

Some of the Marines learned of the thefts after checking their credit reports and finding cards listed that they did not apply for.

Alfieri has been in custody at the Marine base since Nov. 19, when he was arrested by Honolulu police.

He is accused of stealing the identities of one lieutenant, two sergeants and two corporals.

A criminal complaint is expected to be filed by city prosecutors by Friday. The Honolulu prosecutor’s office declined to comment on the case yesterday.

Officials at the Marine base also declined to comment. “Since HPD has jurisdiction of the case, it would be inappropriate for us to comment on their investigation,” said Marine Maj. Chris Perrine, director of public affairs for Marine Corps Base-Hawaii.

Alfieri is accused of nine counts of second-degree identity theft, three counts of forgery, one count of second-degree theft, one count of illegally possessing confidential personal information, two counts of attempted theft, and three counts of identity theft in the third degree.

If convicted, he faces more than 10 years in prison plus fines.

Alfieri will also be prosecuted separately by the U.S. attorney’s office, police said.