Ex-coroner charged with using dead person's debit card

As reported: A former county coroner in Georgia was indicted by a federal grand jury in early March on charges of identity theft and debit card fraud — he’s accused of taking a dead person’s debit card and repeatedly making unauthorized transactions in September 2012.

The accused is Grover F. Tuten Jr., who was the coroner for Richmond County at the time the FBI began investigating the incident. He faces federal charges of fraudulently using a debit card without authorization and aggravated identity theft, according to The Florida Times-Union.

He is also being prosecuted by the Augusta Circuit Court district attorney on charges of theft by taking and violating an oath of public office. The federal charge of debit card fraud carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

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