Archil Grdzelishvili, Bank Fraud, Massachusetts 2024

A New York City man has been sentenced to over a year in federal prison for his involvement in a multi-state bank fraud and identity fraud scheme.

Archil Grdzelishvili, a/k/a 'Archie Longson', 45, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay $140,200 in restitution.

In June 2024, Grdzelishvili pleaded guilty to nine counts of bank fraud.

The scheme involved Grdzelishvili stealing or attempting to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from two separate businesses in Massachusetts and Connecticut using counterfeit licenses.

At an unknown time, Grdzelishvili obtained a fraudulent Massachusetts driver's license bearing his picture and the personal identifying information of an executive-level employee of a Massachusetts-based company.

Between March 9, 2022 and March 16, 2022, Grdzelishvili used the fraudulent license more than eight times at various banks to conduct unauthorized transactions from the company's bank accounts.

In total, Grdzelishvili fraudulently obtained over $140,000 from the company's bank accounts using the counterfeit license.

Additionally, at an unknown time, Grdzelishvili obtained a fraudulent Connecticut driver's license with his picture and the personal identifying information of a restaurateur in the Connecticut area.

Using this counterfeit license, Grdzelishvili attempted to withdraw $14,000 from the victim's bank account in April 2022 before being taken into custody.

The case was announced today by Acting United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy and Andrew Murphy, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Secret Service, Boston Field Office.

Valuable assistance was provided by the Cambridge and Danbury (Conn.) Police Departments.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian J. Sullivan of the Major Crimes Unit prosecuted the case.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/new-york-man-involved-multi-state-bank-fraud-and-identity-fraud-scheme-sentenced-over