Man convicted of ID theft gets less prison time due to reform, facial tattoo removal
A former employee of a Florida court clerk’s office is serving three years for selling information from a driver’s license database to Derek Denesevich.
But Denesevich, who admittedly used the information to file about 80 fraudulent tax returns, was sentenced to only 15 months, the Sun Sentinel reports. Besides cooperating with the FBI as it investigated others linked to his crime, Denesevich also is working to get his facial tattoos removed, his lawyer, Omar Guerra Johannson, told U.S. District Judge William Zloch. He also got a legitimate job and earned a pilot’s license.
After initially fleeing to Canada in 2012, “I came back here for my son,” Denesevich told the judge, as he and his lawyer explained how he has turned his life around. “I’m extremely sorry to my victims.”
In addition to the time he must serve behind bars, Denesevich, along with former Broward Clerk of Courts worker Porsha Kyles, is also required to pay $57,328 in restitution.
