Maryland man admits to bank fraud charge

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – A Baltimore, Maryland man has admitted to bank fraud, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Steven Allen Baldwin, Jr., age 34, pled guilty to one count of “Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud.” Baldwin admitted to conspiring with others to steal checks from mailboxes, create counterfeit checks, and cashing those counterfeit checks. The crime took place in April 2016 in Berkeley and Jefferson Counties, West Virginia. More than $9,900 was taken in this case.

Baldwin faces up to 30 years incarceration and a fine of up to $1,000,000. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the actual sentence imposed will be based upon the seriousness of the offenses and the prior criminal history, if any, of the defendant. 

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Danae DeMasi-Lemon and Lara Omps-Botteicher are prosecuting the case on behalf of the government. The United States Postal Inspection Service investigated. 

U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert W. Trumble presided.