Hartford Man Pleads Guilty To Bank Fraud

A Hartford man pleaded guilty Monday to bank fraud and faces up to 30 years in prison for directing a scheme in which authorities said he tried to launder more than $150,000 in stolen money. Federal prosecutors said that Tylon Mims, 35, pleaded guilty to two counts of bank fraud before U.S. District Judge Janet B. Arterton in New Haven. Prosecutors said that Mims directed two associates to register two phony businesses with the city of Hartford and, later, directed the associates to open accounts in the names of the businesses in two area bank branches. One of the associates, at Mims' direction, then deposited a stolen check in the amount of $156,601.96 in one of the accounts, prosecutors said. The U.S. Attorney's office did not disclose where the check had been stolen from. Posted in: Check Fraud