A 23-year-old man from Florida, Richard Harris, has pleaded guilty to bank fraud and aggravated identity theft in Maine. He now faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and five years of supervised release.
Details of the Scheme
Harris, along with co-conspirator Paul Logugune, broke into unattended vehicles to steal purses and wallets containing driver’s licenses and checkbooks. Using the stolen checkbooks, they forged checks made out to the names on the licenses.
They also recruited individuals to impersonate the victims and cash the forged checks at multiple credit unions in Cumberland County, Maine.
Sentencing and Investigation
Logugune has already been sentenced to two and a half years in prison after pleading guilty. Harris will be sentenced at a later date. The case was led by agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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