Allegany County Man Sentenced for Illegal Database Access and Identity Theft

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CUMBERLAND, MD – A Cumberland man has been convicted of multiple felony charges stemming from an investigation by the Maryland State Police into the illegal access of online databases and the impersonation of individuals. Mathew Mark Schartiger, 39, of Cumberland, Maryland, was sentenced on July 1, 2026, in the District Court of Maryland by Judge Mimi Cooper. He received two consecutive three-year prison sentences, with all but 10 days suspended, for his role in the offenses.

The investigation was initiated in March when the Maryland State Police received information from law enforcement in Allegany County concerning several instances of suspected identity theft. State troopers assigned to the case discovered that Schartiger had allegedly created fraudulent email accounts to impersonate female victims. Through these impersonations, he unlawfully accessed private boudoir photographs stored on various online business platforms.

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Following the findings of the investigation, search warrants were executed at a business located in the 17000 block of McMullen Highway and at Schartiger’s residence, both within Allegany County. Evidence recovered from these locations reportedly confirmed that Schartiger utilized both the business and his home to illegally access victims’ private online accounts and to create unauthorized copies of their personal photographs. The investigation culminated in Schartiger facing a total of 16 criminal charges across two separate cases, which were prosecuted in consultation with the Office of the State’s Attorney in Frederick County.