Mother, 48, Spent Two Years Living As Her Estranged Daughter After Stealing Her Identity

my mom stole my identity: 48-year-old woman pleads guilty to using her estranged daughter’s ID to get loans, get a driver’s license, enroll in college and even date men who thought she was 22 years

laura oglesby, 48, adopted the identity of her estranged daughter lauren ashleigh hays in 2016, who was 22 at the time
oglesby applied for a social security card in his daughter’s name and embezzled more than $25,000
pled guilty to social security fraud and faces up to five years in prison
her story was revealed in 2018 when arkansas authorities contacted the mountain view police department
at the time, she was living with a partner who got her thinking after she claimed she was running away from an abusive relationship
avery and wendy parker started noticing red flags so they approached a family member who lived in the same town oglesby said she was from
‘within 24 hours, laura surfaced and was arrested,’ said wendy
‘I make a lot of effort to see laura, 45 years old, to be able to hate her. but all i can see is lauren, 22, who i just wanted to help,’ avery parker said of oglesby

by rachael bunyan for mailonline and matt mcnulty for dailymail.com

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