Marvious D. Hester, Stolen U.S. Treasury Check Scheme, Georgia 2019

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Atlanta Man Sentenced for Stolen Treasury Check Scheme

Marvious D. Hester, a 35-year-old Atlanta man, has been sentenced to four years and nine months in federal prison for his role in a stolen U.S. Treasury check scheme.

According to the indictment, Hester and his co-conspirator, Rasheda Thomas, deposited over $750,000 in stolen U.S. Treasury checks into various J.P. Morgan Chase bank accounts. The checks had been stolen in the metropolitan Atlanta area and elsewhere.

“Hester and his co-conspirator deposited over $750,000 in stolen U.S. Treasury checks,” said U.S. Attorney John Horn. “Money that rightfully belonged to honest taxpayers and Social Security beneficiaries. Unfortunately, Treasury Check schemes like this are becoming more and more common in Atlanta.”

Horn added that the U.S. Attorney’s office and the Internal Revenue Service will continue to aggressively pursue those who use fraudulent methods to steal from the American public.

Thomas, who operated a tax preparation business, was sentenced to four years and nine months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $686,886.53 in restitution.

Hester was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $752,744.19.

The case was investigated by the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation, Social Security Administration – Office of the Inspector General, and United States Postal Inspection Service. Special Assistant United States Attorney Diane C. Schulman and Assistant United States Attorney Steven D. Grimberg prosecuted the case.

Contact the U.S. Attorney’s Public Affairs Office at USAGAN.PressEmails@usdoj.gov or (404) 581-6016 for further information. The Internet address for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia is http://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga.

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