Prison For Nashua Impostor On The Run 10 Years

NASHUA, NH — A career fraudster on Wednesday was sentenced to federal prison after stealing multiple identities while on the run from police before her arrest in Nashua last year. Dana Lawrence, 43, was sentenced in federal court in Concord to 18 months in prison. Nashua police said she used at least five aliases while criss-crossing the country as she evaded authorities for a decade. In 2006, New York authorities issued a warrant for her arrest after she failed to comply with probation conditions related to another fraud case.

In May 2016, Lawrence was arrested in Nashua after using a fake identity to obtain a city grant writing position. City officials said they became suspicious after she tried to obtain sensitive city financial information.

"During the 11-year period that Lawrence was a fugitive from justice, she used a number of aliases, social security numbers that belonged other people, falsely claimed to be a graduate of an Ivy League law school with access to substantial sums of money," acting U.S. Attorney John Farley said in a statement. "She moved to different states in order to steal money from people she befriended, businesses that employed her, charitable organizations, and other entities."

Lawrence lived in California, Colorado, Illinois, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Vermont and Maine, authorities said.

Police said she used these aliases and ages:

• Genevieve Kaplan, 43 years old
• Genna Kaplan, 43
• Genevieve Logan Morgan, 41
• Tunisia Viana, 37
• Dana Lawrence, 43

Nashua Mayor Jim Donchess said the city did not suffer a financial loss during Lawrence's time as a grant writer.

"(It) is clearly an isolated case," Donchess said in a statement last year. "The City of Nashua has a longstanding culture of volunteerism and relies on hundreds of volunteers to support our activities ... I want to thank the Nashua Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for acting so quickly to help protect the City and the broader Nashua community."

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Photo: Dana Lawrence's mugshot. (Credit: Nashua Police Department)