Rhett Dean Stringer, Bank Fraud, Texas 2022

A 44-year-old Houston resident has been sentenced for bank fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.

Rhett Dean Stringer pleaded guilty February 15, 2022, to stealing checks from the mail.

U.S. District Judge George C. Hanks has now ordered Stringer to serve 105 months in federal prison to be immediately followed by five years of supervised release.

Stringer was also ordered to pay restitution of $1,475 to Amegy Bank and $6,515.27 to Wells Fargo.

In handing down the sentence, Judge Hanks noted Stringer's sentence is based on the actions of the person he has been, not the person he can be.

Stringer, a serial mail thief and habitual criminal, possessed over 1,000 stolen checks, according to authorities.

At the time of his last arrest, Stringer was found in possession of over 1,000 checks totaling more than $2.6 million that had been stolen from the U.S. mail.

The checks he cashed totaled nearly $8,000.

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service conducted the investigation, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Jay Hileman prosecuted the case.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/local-man-heads-prison-stealing-checks-mail