2nd Georgia Man Sentenced for Role in Stolen Check Scheme

PORTLAND, Maine:  An Atlanta, Georgia man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Portland this week for conspiring to commit bank fraud.

U.S. District Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr. sentenced Rasheed Colbert, 33, to 10 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay $69,744 in restitution. Colbert pleaded guilty on May 30, 2024.

According to court records, in March 2022, Colbert and coconspirators stole checks out of the mailboxes of local businesses then used the stolen checks to create counterfeit checks. The counterfeit checks were made payable to unhoused individuals Colbert and others recruited to cash them. Colbert and his coconspirators netted just under $70,000 from the cashed counterfeit checks.

Coconspirator Mantavious Jones, 36, also of Atlanta, received a 16-month prison sentence for his role in the scheme to be followed by three years of supervised release.

The New England Cyber Fraud Task Force and Kennebunk Police Department investigated the case with valuable assistance from the Saco and Scarborough police departments.

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