Kelli B. Small, 30, Broomfield, Colorado, (aka Kelli S. Burkhalter) who was indicted in connection with an identity theft scheme, plead guilty to one count of income tax fraud in U.S. District Court in Denver, Colorado. Small’s plea agreement also requires that she testify against her husband who is expected to proceed to trial.

Prosectors alleged that Kelli Small and her husband Gerald Small, 42 (aka Gerald A. Spence and Kris Kaas) obtained personal information through help wanted advertisements. People thought they were applying for jobs with Amerifunding, a Westminster mortgage company owned by Gerald Small. Applicants would be asked to fill out job applications and provide copies of their driver’s license and social security card. The defendants used the information in submitting false information on loan documents, falsified verifications of employment and in doctoring supporting financial documents. Applications were made for mortgage loans and lines of credit. Also indicted in the scheme were Robert E. Bichon, 37, Robert J. Sigg, 39, of Parker, Colorado; Charles E. Winnett, 31, of Conifer, Colorado; and Chad E. Heinrich, 32, of Broomfield, Colorado.