Rashad Al-Terek Walker, Identity Theft, Massachusetts 2020

A Virginia man has pleaded guilty to using a stolen identity to attempt to secure a loan from a Worcester credit union in Massachusetts.

Rashad Al-Terek Walker, 39, of Hampton, Va., pleaded guilty to one count of making a false statement on a loan application and one count of aggravated identity theft in federal court in Worcester.

According to court documents, in November 2019, Walker attempted to obtain a loan using a stolen identity from a Worcester-area credit union. He provided employees of the credit union several fraudulent records, including a counterfeit license, employer pay record and utility bill.

Employees of the credit union immediately reported the matter to law enforcement authorities, who responded to the credit union and arrested Walker.

Walker was previously convicted of bank fraud in U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Virginia and was on supervised release for that offense when he committed the crimes in Worcester.

The charge of false information on a loan application provides for a sentence of up to 30 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a fine of $1 million. The charge of aggravated identity theft provides for a mandatory sentence of two years in prison to be served consecutive to any other sentence imposed and one year of supervised release.

Walker is scheduled to be sentenced on January 7, 2021, by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/virginia-man-pleads-guilty-using-stolen-identity-attempt-secure-loan-worcester-credit