A New York woman has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for defrauding two banks using the personal information of her customers.
Renee Burnell, age 49, of Hudson Falls, New York, was sentenced on [Date] to 30 months in prison for her role in a bank fraud scheme.
Burnell, who pleaded guilty to a two-count indictment charging bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, admitted to defrauding Synchrony Bank and The Bank of Missouri between August 2019 and January 2020.
According to court documents, Burnell applied for lines of credit with each bank using her customers’ personal identifiable information and then used the lines of credit to falsify purchases that benefitted her plumbing and heating business.
The scheme resulted in a loss of $119,264.43 to The Bank of Missouri and a loss of $13,912.00 to Synchrony Bank.
Burnell was ordered to pay full restitution to the banks and was also sentenced to a 3-year term of supervised release to begin after she is released from prison.
The FBI investigated the case and Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexander P. Wentworth-Ping prosecuted the case.
United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Janeen DiGuiseppi, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the FBI, made the announcement.
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Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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