Dental office worker sentenced to federal prison for identity theft

Claire Batsell was sentenced 69 months in federal prison for aggravated identity theft.

Claire Batsell, 25, of Brownsville Texas, pleaded guilty to charges related to identity theft and was sentenced to more than 5 years in federal prison. She was charged with one count of fraudulent use of dental patient identification information and one count of aggravated identity theft.

From May 2006 to July 2007, Batsell took money from the dental…