Check Forger Sentenced To 30 Months In Prison

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ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Dennis Morgan, 59, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of bank fraud, was sentenced to serve 30 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. He was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $11,127.00.

Assistant U.S. Attorney John J. Field, who handled the case, stated that Morgan, who has an extensive criminal history of fraud and other property offenses, stole checks from mailboxes throughout the greater Rochester area, washed and altered the payees on the checks, and arranged for others to cash the checks at area banks. The defendant split the proceeds of the stolen and forged checks with the individuals cashing the checks. In total, Morgan altered $19,127.00 of stolen checks and succeeded in cashing $11,127.00 of them.

The sentencing is the result of an investigation by the Irondequoit Police Department, under the direction of Chief Richard V. Tantalo, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, under the direction of Boston Division Inspector-in-Charge Joseph W. Cronin.

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