Alison Gu, Bank Fraud, Identity Theft, Vermont 2015

Grimy Times has learned that Alison Gu, a 40-year-old woman from Cheshire, Connecticut, has been arraigned on charges of bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, and false statements in connection with a passport application.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont, Gu used several aliases to obtain over $1,000,000 through mortgage loan applications and refinancing applications to Bank of Bennington, First National Bank of America, and Emigrant Mortgage Company between March and September 2015.

The indictment alleges that Gu used the Social Security Numbers of deceased individuals to establish false identities, submitted altered bank statements, forged employment records, and forged pay statements to the financial institutions, and even forged the signature of a United States consular official in China.

Furthermore, Gu is accused of making false statements in a March 27, 2015 application for a U.S. passport in Vermont, using the identifying information of another individual.

Gu was arrested in Connecticut on June 13, 2016, and was ordered to appear in federal court in Burlington.

U.S. Magistrate Judge John M. Conroy released Gu on conditions, including that she not open new lines of credit, pending trial in this matter.

If convicted, Gu faces a maximum possible penalty of 30 years in prison for bank fraud, up to 10 years in prison for making a false statement in an application for a U.S. passport, and a mandatory 2-year sentence for using the identifying information of another person in connection with the passport application.

Gu also faces potential fines of up to $1,000,000.

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