Final Defendant in Multi-State Bank Fraud and ID Theft Ring Sentenced to Prison
November 8, 2011
Total Loss:
$3500
STEVE HAWKINS, 49, of Sacramento, California, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 28 months in prison, four years of supervised release and $4,231 in restitution for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. HAWKINS was a member of a bank fraud ring that traveled to Seattle in November 2008, to steal from individual bank accounts. U.S. District Judge Thomas S. Zilly imposed the sentence.
According to records in the case, HAWKINS and a number of co-conspirators arrived at Sea-Tac Airport on November 13, 2008. Armon Maiden, 61, of Inglewood, California was the group leader, and ...
Source:
FBI
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Account Takeover Identity Theft