Story first appeared in the Detroit Free Press.
An AWOL soldier from Pittsburgh is charged with bank fraud for allegedly stealing the identity of one of the world's richest men: a Microsoft co-founder.
A federal criminal complaint unsealed Monday says the 28-year-old soldier called Citibank in January and changed the address on the account in question from Seattle to one in Pittsburgh, then had a new debit card sent to him at that address.
Investigators say he used the card to attempt $15,000 in transactions, including paying on a delinquent Armed Forces Bank account and making purchases at a video game store before his March 2 arrest.
A detention order says he will be detained until April 2 unless the Army takes him into custody.
An email to his public defender wasn't immediately returned today.
WPXI-TV first reported the arrest.
