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Local Man Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud Ring
Grimy Times has learned that Brandon Key Bentley, a 31-year-old New Haven resident, has admitted to his role in a multi-person check fraud ring.
Between July 2010 and May 2011, Bentley, along with two other individuals, carried out a scheme to obtain stolen checks, recruit ‘runners’ to cash them, and alter the checks to list the runners as lawful payees.
According to court documents and statements made in court, the three individuals drove the runners to several Connecticut bank branches and directed them to enter the banks and cash the checks. The runners were paid a small part of the cash proceeds.
Through this scheme, 39 checks totaling $114,102.34 were altered and presented to banks, and 37 of those checks totaling $104,070.94 were cashed by the banks.
Bentley is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant on November 26, 2014. At that time, he faces a maximum term of imprisonment of 30 years and a fine of up to $1 million.
This matter is being investigated by the United States Postal Inspection Service, along with the Connecticut Financial Fraud Task Force and the Branford Police Department, Madison Police Department, Middlebury Police Department, Milford Police Department, New Britain Police Department, New Haven Police Department, New Milford Police Department, North Branford Police Department, Waterbury Police Department, Woodbridge Police Department, and Southbury Police Department.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Henry K. Kopel.
Contact: U.S. Attorney’s Office, Tom Carson, (203) 821-3722, thomas.carson@usdoj.gov
Key Facts
- State: Connecticut
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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