Actor Antwon Tanner guilty in ID scam
Faces up to a year in jail
Last Updated: Sunday, August 23, 2009 | 4:04 PM ET
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Antwon Tanner, seen in a 2008 file photo, pleaded guilty on Friday to selling social security numbers and cards for $10,000. (Peter Kramer/Associated Press)Antwon Tanner, who plays the character "Skills" in the young adult television drama One Tree Hill, has pleaded guilty to taking part in a fake identity scam.
Tanner, 35, told a federal judge in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Friday that he was a middleman in the scheme, selling 16 social security numbers and three fake social security cards that were supplied to him by an unidentified source. He was paid $10,000 US for the transaction.
The actor was charged with selling the numbers and the cards in April.
He faces up to one year in prison and a $250,000 US fine. His sentencing has been scheduled for Nov. 20.
He also faces a similar charge in California.
Tanner appeared in the 2005 film Coach Carter with Samuel L. Jackson and television shows including NYPD Blue and CSI.
One Tree Hill's latest season begins in September.
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