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Baltimore Man Sentenced to Seven Years in Federal Prison for Bank Fraud
Baltimore, Maryland – In a shocking turn of events, a Baltimore man has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for bank fraud.
Allen Lamin, a/k/a “Allen Simon”, age 33, of Baltimore, Maryland, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis to seven years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for bank fraud.
The sentence was announced by Acting United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Jonathan F. Lenzner and Postal Inspector in Charge Daniel A. Adame of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service – Washington Division.
Lamin pled guilty to the indictment, which charged him with five counts of depositing fraudulently altered postal money orders at financial institutions. As proven by the Government at sentencing, between February 2019 and April 2020, Lamin stole blank postal money orders from at least five different Maryland United States Post Offices and one Georgia United States Post Office on at least seven occasions.
During the course of the conspiracy, Lamin and his coconspirators negotiated $392,500.72 in stolen money orders.
Law enforcement executed search warrants at two of Lamin’s residences located in Baltimore City and Gwynn Oak, Maryland. Following execution of these two search warrants, Lamin fled Maryland and was subsequently arrested in Dallas, Texas, on May 20, 2020.
During the execution of the search warrants, agents recovered several pieces of evidence, including stolen postal money orders with misprinted fraudulent information, blank stolen money orders, and receipts for the deposit of blank stolen money orders, that tied Lamin to other postal money order thefts at post offices in Maryland and Georgia.
Acting United States Attorney Jonathan F. Lenzner commended the USPIS for their work in the investigation. Mr. Lenzner thanked Assistant U.S. Attorney Rajeev R. Raghavan, who prosecuted the case.
Key Facts
- State: Maryland
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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