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Stolen Check Scheme Leads to Bank Fraud Sentence for Georgia Man

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Maine
Conspirators cashed counterfeit checks created from checks stolen from mailboxes

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

Chief U.S. District Judge Jon D. Levy sentenced Mantavious Jones, 35, to 16 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Jones pleaded guilty on March 23, 2023.

According to court records, in March 2022, Jones 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 Jones and others recruited to cash them. Jones and his coconspirators netted just under $70,000 from the cashed counterfeit checks.

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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Contact

Sean M. Green, Assistant United States Attorney (207-780-3257)

Updated August 2, 2023

Topic
Financial Fraud
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