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Miami Officer Convicted of Stealing Identities from Police Database

Used them to file for fraudulent income tax refunds

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A Miami cop who stole 1,000 identities from a police database to score fraudulent income-tax refunds was found guilty in federal court Thursday.

Malinsky Bazile, 28, collected about $140,000 from the scam in 2011-12.

Bazile, who joined the Miami Police Department in 2008, was immediately taken into custody while he awaits sentencing.