{"id":50727,"date":"2022-08-29T19:47:20","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T02:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=50727"},"modified":"2022-08-29T19:47:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T02:47:20","slug":"georgia-man-sentenced-to-prison-for-id-theft-that-defrauded-banks-of-1-9-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=50727","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Man Sentenced to Prison for ID Theft that Defrauded Banks of $1.9 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LOS ANGELES\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"A Georgia man was sentenced Monday to seven years\u00a0 94 months in federal prison for participating in a nationwide fraud ring that used stolen Social Security numbers \u2013 including those belonging to children \u2013 to create synthetic identities, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n

The identities were used to open lines of credit, create shell companies, and steal nearly $2 million from financial institutions<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner sentenced\u00a0 \u00a0Corey Cato, 41, of Atlanta. The judge also ordered him to pay $1.9 million as restitution. Cato plead guilty on May 9 to one count of conspiracy to commit financial institution fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No later than 2017, Cato joined conspiracies to defraud banks and illegally possess credit cards. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Cato and his co-conspirators created \u201csynthetic identities\u201d by combining false personal information such as fake names and dates of birth with the information of real people, such as their Social Security numbers, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cato and others then used synthetic identities and fake ID documents to open bank and credit card accounts at financial institutions. <\/span><\/p>\n

Cato and his co-conspirators used the unlawfully obtained credit cards to fund their lifestyles.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \"\"As part of the scheme, Cato maintained a commercial mail receiving agency space called \u201cPak Mail\u201d in Georgia, where he and his co-conspirators received correspondence related to the synthetic identities, including bank account and credit card statements, while insulating their personal addresses from detection, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Using a stolen social security number and fake California driver\u2019s license, Cato rented an apartment in Atlanta under the name \u201cJason Brown.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

In February 2019, he possessed credit cards and financial information in the names of synthetic identities like \u201cAdam M. Lopez\u201d and \u201cCarlos Rivera.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\"whiteThe total losses to the banks totaled approximately $1.9 million.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201c[Cato] and his co-conspirators built their wealth off the backs of the people whose identities they stole, many of them children,\u201d prosecutors argued in a sentencing memorandum. \u201cBoth the effects on these victims\u2019 credit histories and their sense of violation are impossible to quantify, but they provide further reminder of the seriousness of [Cato\u2019s] crime and the callousness of his conduct.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Homeland Security Investigations investigated this case, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is one of a series of cases that have resulted in criminal convictions for 12 defendants, including Turhan Lemont Armstrong, 52, of Northridge, who was convicted at trial in 2019<\/a>\u00a0of 51 counts of fraud, money laundering, identity theft and other federal offenses.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Assistant United States Attorneys Alexander B. Schwab of the Major Frauds Section and Allison L. Westfahl Kong, Chief of Trials, Integrity, and Professionalism, prosecuted this case.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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