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August 25, 2009
NEWPORT MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT BANK FRAUD
Member of group arrested with over 100 fraudulent credit cards and over 50 counterfeit driver's licenses, after buying Apple computers and iPhones
LOUISVILLE, KY - Michael Monroe Baker, age 52, of Newport, Kentucky, in Campbell County, pled guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud, Acting United States Attorney Candace G. Hill of the Western District of Kentucky announced today.
Baker admitted that on between January 1, 2009 and May 20, 2009, he, along with other individuals, reached an agreement to knowingly execute a scheme to defraud federally-insured financial institutions, by using stolen credit card account numbers issued by those federally-insured financial institutions and supporting counterfeit driver’s licenses, to effectuate transactions, including the rental of a minivan at the Cincinnati airport and purchases of Apple Macbook computers, iPhones, and iPod Touches. When arrested, Baker and others possessed over 100 fraudulent credit cards and over 50 counterfeit driver’s licenses.
The maximum potential penalties are 30 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, and supervised release for a period of 3 years.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Ann Claire Phillips, and it was investigated by the United States Secret Service and the Elizabethtown Police Department. The plea was entered before John G. Heyburn, III, Judge, United States District Court, Louisville, Kentucky.
Baker is scheduled to be sentenced before Judge Heyburn on December 11, 2009, at 2:00 p.m., in Louisville, Kentucky.
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