A Georgia man has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft in a Jacksonville federal court.
Anthony Jermaine Robinson, 31, of Covington, Georgia, faces a maximum penalty of 32 years in federal prison, including a 2-year minimum mandatory term of imprisonment for the aggravated identity theft charge.
According to the plea agreement, in 2019, a deputy from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office stopped Robinson’s car for a cracked windshield and found counterfeit Social Security cards and driver licenses with the identities of genuine individuals.
The investigation revealed that Robinson and his co-defendant, Kiana Fina Alphonse, obtained the personally identifiable information of multiple victims and set up fraudulent business bank accounts using counterfeit documents.
These bank accounts were then used as part of a scheme to defraud multiple victims involving the online purchase of nonexistent cars.
Kiana Fina Alphonse, 28, of Covington, Georgia, appeared in federal court in September 2022 and is set to go to trial in March 2023.
An indictment is merely a formal charge that a defendant has committed one or more violations of federal criminal law, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless, and until, proven guilty.
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Key Facts
- State: Florida
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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