Nottingham man gets 8-20 years for stealing $165G+ from vulnerable senior

NOTTINGHAM - A Nottingham man has been sentenced in the Hillsborough County-Southern District Superior Court on 12 class A felony counts of identity fraud, three class A felony counts of credit card fraud, and one class A felony count of theft by unauthorized taking.

Dujae Richards, 32, was convicted of the charges on Oct. 23 following a jury trial. Richards was subject to an extended term of imprisonment because the jury found that in committing his crimes, he took advantage of the victim, T.H.'s, age (65 years of age or older) or disability.

Richards was sentenced 8-20 years in the New Hampshire State Prison on the identity fraud convictions, each to be served concurrently. The court suspended one year of the minimum term for ten years following release from incarceration. As part of the suspended sentence, Richards, among other things, may not serve as a fiduciary for any elderly, disabled or impaired adult and must pay restitution of $166,066.71.

On the theft and credit card fraud convictions, the court sentenced Richards to 10-20 years in the New Hampshire State Prison, fully suspended, with the suspended term ending 20 years after release on the identity fraud sentences. The terms of the suspended sentence for the charges are identical to those imposed on the identity fraud sentences. The theft and credit card fraud sentences are concurrent with one another, but consecutive to the identity fraud convictions if imposed.