Jefferson County District Attorney Scott Storey announced today that a grand jury has indicted 54-year-old Andrea Harris-Frazier for identity theft involving 28 victims in the Denver metro area. Harris-Frazier was indicted on 43 counts of Theft of over $15,000, Forgery and Attempted Theft. 

Between November 2006 and May 2009 Harris-Frazier is alleged to have illegally transacted fraudulent financial documents at numerous banks throughout the metro Denver area.  According to the indictment, Harris-Frazier went into banks used fake identification cards and drivers’ licenses to make deposits and withdraw thousands of dollars from the victims’ accounts. Many of the victims had their purses or wallets stolen, often in other states.

Harris-Frazier is believed to live in the Chicago area.  Investigators believe that she frequently traveled to the Denver metro area and then went to various banks in different cities.

This investigation began in November 2006 when Wheat Ridge Police took a complaint from a victim in this case, Margot Somerville, regarding money being stolen from her bank account. Somerville lived in San Francisco, but was visiting family in Wheat Ridge where the money was taken from her account. 

Early in the investigation, evidence led police and the District Attorney’s Office to believe that Somerville was involved in the theft.  She was arrested and charged with identity theft in May 2008.  As the investigation continued it became clear that Somerville was not involved in the thefts and the case was dismissed. 

At that same time, the Wheat Ridge Police Department and the DA’s Office developed information that led them to believe that Andrea Harris-Frazier was involved in numerous cases of theft and forgery throughout the Denver metro area.

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Harris-Frazier with bond set in the amount of $200,000.