Asked in Criminal Law and Identity Theft for Kentucky

Q: My daughter has been accused of identity theft by her friends mother. Statements are false and she has proof.

My daughter was falsly accused by noyfriends mom saying she has no knowledge of any transactions. My daughter has bank statements and text to prove shes lying. She just found out she got indicted and her court date is tomorrow and there is another warrant for her arrest! Her public defender never notified her and when she asked the public defender why wasnt she notified she was told she should have received an email and she is no longer her public defender she needs to contact public defenders office. No other explanations. Can she file charges on this mom?

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A: Not unless or until she is exonerated. Once cleared, she may have a case against bfs mom.

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