United States v. Joshua Mister Holmes, Coleshia Carter, Torrance Urban Miller

The indictment charges Joshua Holmes, Coleshia Carter and Torrance Miller with theft of mail, bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.  According to the indictment, the United States alleges (among other things) that the defendants were involved with stealing mail from mailboxes belonging to local Augusta Businesses from April 2023 through January 2024.  The defendants would then take business checks from the stolen mail and either deposit the business checks, and withdraw the proceeds through bank fraud, counterfeiting and depositing the business checks and withdrawing the proceeds, or selling the business checks for others to deposit and withdraw the proceeds.  Due to the numerous times the postal boxes were broken into there was large quantities of mail stolen and therefore numerous victims in excess of 400. 

Victims of the charged offenses have received separate notice of their rights under the Crime Victims’ Rights Act of 2004, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 3771. These rights apply only to victims of the counts charged in federal court.

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Stolen mail and stolen checks in Augusta, Georgia, Joshua Mister Holmes, Coleshia Carter and Torrance Urban Miller