MIAMI (AP) -- A South Carolina woman accused of being the check casher for an identity theft ring that targeted the wife of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is awaiting a court hearing in Miami.
Shonya Michelle Young of Myrtle Beach, (S.C.), is expected to appear in federal court this afternoon. She was arrested yesterday and held at a federal detention center on a charge of conspiracy to commit bank fraud.
The U.S. Marshals Service says Young was a "major check casher" for the ring. Marshals spokesman Barry Golden says Young used wigs to impersonate victims while cashing illegal checks.
Authorities say the ring stole Anna Bernanke's purse from a Capitol Hill coffee shop in August 2008 and someone started cashing checks using their bank account days later.
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