The Hutzpah Of The Year Award So Early?

I have read and heard many stories of how people seem to think that they are so smart that they can get away with anything, but this Orange County, California is way over the top.
A Jamaican immigrant had stolen someone’s identity and used it to buy an automobile. When he defaulted on the loan he reported that the identity had been stolen. Apparently he thought that if he reported the theft then the credit agencies would not use the default against the person whose identity was involved. The reasoning behind this was that the thief did want to continue to use the false identity and its apparent good credit in the future. He must have figured that the law was so lax that they would not suspect his actions. The man did plead guilty to six felony charges and will spend less than a year in jail. He is expected to be deported after the jail term. You wonder about the short term in jail and if this person was so smart that he got away with more or had a really good attorney to have only serve such a short time in jail on a really long list of crimes. I do hope that they keep him in mind when other crimes of this sort are reported.
Yes I do expect others to challenge for this title during the year but I do expect this one to continue to be a contender for a long time. This information from the LA Times on January 8, 2011.