Mother Stole Daughter’s Identity For College, Seduces Young Guys & Steals Student Loans

In what seems to be straight out of the script of a potential Netflix series, a mother has been caught stealing her daughter’s identity in what could be a desperate attempt to overcompensate for her waning youth. 

Laura Oglesby stole the identity of her estranged daughter in order to enroll herself into college, acquire student loans, and even get frisky with men her offspring’s age.  

© Laura Oglesby

It has been reported that the Missouri native has been accused of siphoning almost $25,000 (Rs 19 lakhs) and thus faces appropriate jail time. 

Laura A. Oglesby (Mountain View) used a stolen identity to enroll in college, pleads to Social Security fraud. https://t.co/SwQU9iyhup

— U.S. Attorney WDMO (@USAO_WDMO) December 6, 2021

As per reports, Oglesby faces five years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of intentionally providing false information to the Social Security Administration

Additionally, she also needs to pay $17,521 (Rs 13 lakh) in restitution to her daughter and the university in Missouri.

According to the New York Post’s report, Laura, 48,  was able to successfully dupe the locals as well as the federal government in the small town of Mountain View, over the course of two years. 

The scam started in 2016 after Oglesby had applied for a social security card in her daughter, Lauren Hays’ name. It didn’t take too long for the former to get the card and begin her elaborate ruse. 

The 43-year old maverick mother, posing as her 22-year old estranged daughter, managed to get admitted at Southwest Baptist University using the social security card. Furthermore, she also acquired a driving license in Laura’s name.    

© Laura Oglesby

It was at the university that Oglesby set the wheels of her elaborate plan in motion. The imposter went about seducing men in their 20s, pretending to be 22 herself. Her commitment to the ruse is astounding as she went ahead and made Snapchat accounts in Lauren’s name, essentially starting a seriously strange and twisted game of catfish. 

According to Detective Stetson Schwien, “She had completely adopted a younger lifestyle: clothing, makeup and personality. She had completely assumed becoming a younger person in her early 20s.”

During this time, the accused lived with Avery and Wendy Parker, apparent good samaritans from Mountain View who were led to believe that Oglesby needed shelter and safety from an abusive relationship. 

The guilty party managed to get work at the local Mountain View library where locals knew her as Lauren Hays.

The tentacles of her master plan also involved embezzling financial aid and student loans. The scheming mother received $9,400 in federal student loans, $5,920 in Pell Grants, and $1,863 in finance charges.

It was in 2018 that Oglesby’s luck finally ran out, as authorities in Arkansas caught a whiff of the financial fraud committed by her using her daughter’s identity, and reached out to Mountain View’s police.

After initial bouts of denial, Laura Oglesby eventually admitted to her wrongdoings and was promptly arrested Netflix, are you listening? We’ve got a sensational story brewing here.