Virginia Martinez Castillo Sentenced for Bank Fraud

Stephen P. Sinnott, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Virginia Martinez Castillo, 21, of Honduras, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Barbara B. Crabb to four months in prison for bank fraud. Castillo pleaded guilty to this charge on August 19, 2009. On March 16, 2009, a group of individuals, including Castillo and co-defendant Julio Benitez Zamorano, entered the First National Bank of River Falls, River Falls, Wisconsin. The individuals approached tellers and presented fraudulent (stolen) checks drawn on the account of St. Croix Custom Fabrication, Inc. The checks cashed by Castillo and Zamorano were made payable to "Ismael Vazquez” and "Rebeca Silva” and they provided false identification in those names. Prior to cashing the checks, the bank teller required Castillo and Zamorano to place their fingerprints on the checks. Posted in: Check Fraud