Seven Defendants Sentenced to Prison for Their Roles in Nationwide “Felony Lane Gang” Fraud and Identity Theft Scheme

MOBILE, AL – Seven defendants from Florida were sentenced for their roles in an organized fraud and identity theft scheme spanning multiple states. One of the leaders of the scheme was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison.

According to court documents, Dominique Lamar Campbell, 43, of Miami, Florida, was one of the leaders of a ring of individuals from south Florida who participated in a widespread fraud and identity theft scheme known as “Felony Lane Gang.” Campbell recruited various codefendants to participate in the scheme, providing them with counterfeited and forged checks, false identification documents, fake credit cards, and identity information stolen from the U.S. mail. Campbell’s team of fraudsters would then travel across the country conducting numerous fraudulent transactions at banks and credit unions. The scheme occurred from at least 2017 to 2023 and victimized dozens of people in more than 20 states.

Several fraudulent transactions occurred in the Southern District of Alabama. For example, on February 28, 2023, two of Campbell’s codefendants orchestrated a series of fraudulent check transactions at bank branches in the Mobile area, netting thousands of dollars in fraudulent proceeds. The next day, police in Kentucky arrested the codefendants during a traffic stop. Police seized bulk cash, fake identification documents, several forged checks, and stolen identity information during the traffic stop. Campbell’s fingerprints were on various items of evidence in the codefendants’ car.

Later, in June 2023, police again arrested Campbell’s codefendants after they had committed several additional fraudulent transactions at bank branches in Mobile and Mississippi. Police seized cell phones from the codefendants containing extensive text messages with Campbell coordinating the fraud scheme. In those messages, Campbell referenced fraudulent checks and identification documents that he sent via FedEx from Miami to his codefendants at various locations throughout the United States to be used in furtherance of the scheme.

In addition to the 84-month prison term, United States District Judge Kristi K. DuBose ordered Campbell to serve a five-year term of supervised release upon his release from prison, during which time he will undergo drug testing and treatment, and will be subject to credit restrictions. The court did not impose a fine, but Judge DuBose ordered Campbell to pay $87,308.79 in victim restitution and $200 in special assessments, and forfeited $14,336.64 to the United States.

For their roles in the scheme, the court sentenced Campbell’s codefendants as follows: Terrill Quinte Alexander (101 months’ imprisonment); Francisco Emile Gabriel Barranco (61 months’ imprisonment); Allen Russell Brookins (94 months’ imprisonment); Francisco Yuediel Estevez (56 months’ imprisonment); Crystal Marie Mitchell (63 months’ imprisonment); and Kimberly Diane Sutter (30 months’ imprisonment). The court also ordered each of those defendants to serve supervised release terms and pay restitution and special assessments.

U.S. Attorney Sean P. Costello of the Southern District of Alabama made the announcement.

The United States Postal Inspection Service investigated the case. Several law enforcement agencies across the country substantially assisted the investigation, including the Alabama State Bureau of Investigation; the Andalusia Police Department (Alabama); the Mobile Police Department (Alabama); the Bradenton Police Department (Florida); the Plantation Police Department (Florida); the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office (Florida); the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office (Kansas); the Lawrence Police Department (Kansas); the Kentucky State Police; the Biloxi Police Department (Mississippi); the Forrest County Sheriff’s Office (Mississippi); the Hattiesburg Police Department (Mississippi); the Jones County Sheriff’s Office (Mississippi); the Pearl Police Department (Mississippi); the Blue Ash Police Department (Ohio); the Montgomery Police Department (Ohio); the Apple Valley Police Department (Minnesota); and the Roanoke County Police Department (Virginia).

Assistant U.S. Attorney Justin Roller prosecuted the case on behalf of the United States.