DYERSVILLE MAN CHARGED WITH FRAUD AND IDENTITY THEFT
Contact: Peter Deegan
Bruce Lynn Troyer, 42, from Dyersville, Iowa, has been charged with 10 counts of wire fraud and 1 count of aggravated identity theft. The charges are contained in an Indictment unsealed on Monday, March 28, 2011, in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids.
The Indictment alleges that, from November 2008 through September 2009, Troyer engaged in a scheme to defraud involving 10 interstate wire communications. The scheme allegedly involved Troyer wiring money from his employer’s checking account to pay for unauthorized personal expenses he incurred on his work credit card. The indictment alleges $22,694.11 in fraudulent fund transfers. Additionally, Troyer is charged with using the identity of another person to perpetuate the fraud.
If convicted on all charges, Troyer faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 2 years’ imprisonment and a possible maximum sentence of 202 years’ imprisonment, a $2,750,000 fine, $1,100 in special assessments, and 31 years of supervised release following any imprisonment.
Troyer appeared on Monday, March 28, 2011, in federal court in Cedar Rapids and was released on bond. Troyer’s next appearance for trial is set for May 31, 2011.
As with any criminal case, a charge is merely an accusation and a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger and was investigated by the Cedar Rapids Police Department.
Court file information is available at https://ecf.iand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl. The case file number is CR 11-0067.
