Armani Ryan Purandah, Bank Fraud and Identity Theft, Arizona 2026

Tucson Man Sentenced to 70 Months in Prison for Running Multi-State Identity Theft and Bank Fraud Ring

TUCSON, Ariz. – Armani Ryan Purandah, 27, of Los Angeles, was recently sentenced by U.S. District Judge Angela Martinez to 70 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud.

Purandah, who primarily lived in New York up until 2023 when he moved to Los Angeles, was a leader in a bank fraud and identity theft scheme involving multiple co-conspirators that targeted individuals and banks across the United States, to include Arizona, Colorado, and California.

Purandah and his co-conspirators illegally used victims’ personal identifying information as well as fraudulent identifications to open phony business accounts linked to the victims’ legitimate bank accounts. The co-conspirators then transferred funds from the victims’ accounts to the phony accounts, allowing the co-conspirators to then withdraw the victim’s funds in cash from the phony accounts at banks and tribal casinos.

The cash would then be delivered to Purandah or other conspiracy supervisors.

As part of his sentence, the court ordered Purandah to pay restitution to victims totaling $1,188,008.

The FBI Phoenix Division’s Tucson Office conducted the investigation. The U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Arizona, Tucson, Financial Crimes and Public Corruption Unit, handled the prosecution.

CASE NUMBER: 24-CR-00927

RELEASE NUMBER: 2026-083_ Purandah

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-az/pr/man-sentenced-70-months-prison-running-multi-state-identity-theft-and-bank-fraud-ring