Memphis Woman Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison for Identity Theft and Bank Fraud

Memphis, TN – Patricia Johnson, 47, has been sentenced to a total of 120 months in federal prison for committing identity theft and bank fraud, as well as violating the terms of her supervised release.  Reagan Fondren, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.

According to evidence presented in court, on numerous occasions between May and June 2022 and in multiple locations in West Tennessee, Johnson impersonated other persons named “Patricia Johnson” who had existing bank accounts or who were authorized signees of accounts.  Johnson obtained the victims’ bank account numbers and other personal information and then went to branches of the victims’ banking institutions, presented their personal identifying information, and made cash withdrawals from the victims’ bank accounts.  Johnson fraudulently obtained over $50,000.00 through this scheme.

Prior to her participation in this identity theft scheme, Johnson had an extensive criminal history spanning thirty years.  This history included numerous felony convictions for theft and fraud and several prior federal identity theft convictions.

On May 16, 2024, Johnson pled guilty to a three-count information in the Western District of Tennessee.  The information included one count of bank fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft.  On February 25, 2025, Senior United States District Court Judge John T. Fowlkes, Jr. sentenced Johnson to 106 months in federal prison on the bank fraud and aggravated identity theft charges and 14 months’ imprisonment on her violation of supervised release from a previous case.  She was sentenced to five years of supervised release to follow.  There is no parole in the federal system.

This case was investigated by the United States Secret Service.

Acting U.S. Attorney Fondren thanked Assistant United States Attorney Stephen Hall who prosecuted this case on behalf of the government and the law enforcement partners who investigated this case.

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