Little Silver PD Charge Brick Woman With Credit Card, Identity Theft

A Brick Township woman is currently jailed in lieu of bail after being accused of identity theft.

Tara Galen, 35, was arrested Tuesday by Little Silver Detective Gregory Oliva on charges of credit card theft and two counts of impersonation/identity theft.

Oliva said an investigation revealed Galen was applying for credit cards online using the personal information of others, stolen while employed at MDE Home Loans of Little Silver. She also made purchases with the fraudulently acquired cards, Oliva said, with criminal activities beginning in April and ending in July.

Galen is being held at the Monmouth County Correctional Institution on $60,000 bail, no 10 percent option.

Oliva reminds residents to "be cognizant of your personal information as this can happen to anyone; do not give any personal information to anyone you are not familiar with."