A Summerdale woman is headed to the slammer after she was sentenced to 37 months in prison for bank fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft.
According to the DOJ, Jamie Danell Putman, 40, pleaded guilty to engaging in a bank fraud conspiracy between March 2022 and July 2023, and stealing other peoples’ identities in furtherance of the scheme.
In April 2022, an identity-theft victim from Robertsdale filed a report with Foley police that somebody had unlawfully obtained her driver’s license, social security number, and other identifiers and had used them to open an unauthorized checking account and deposit fraudulent checks in it.
Days later, Foley police arrested Putman at a hotel in possession of the victim’s stolen mail and identification documents, as well as several other items of stolen mail, including blank business checks.
Putman admitted in a recorded interview that she had stolen the mail and identification documents. She also confessed to using acetone to ‘wash’ checks, changing the payee information on the checks, and attempting fraudulent in-person and mobile deposits.
After her release from custody, Putman opened a T-Mobile Money bank account and conducted additional fraudulent deposits of counterfeited and forged checks bearing the identifiers of mail-theft victims.
In July 2023, Foley police again arrested Putman, who was a passenger in a vehicle being driven by one of her coconspirators. In Putman’s purse, police found several stolen credits, checks, identity documents, and other stolen mail.
Putman is now facing a prison sentence, as well as a five-year term of supervised release, during which time she will undergo drug testing and treatment, will receive mental health evaluation and treatment, and will be subject to credit restrictions.
Chief United States District Judge Jeffrey U. Beaverstock ordered Putman to pay $300 in victim restitution and $200 in special assessments.
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, Sean P. Costello, made the announcement.
The United States Postal Inspection Service, the Foley Police Department, the Summerdale Police Department, and the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office investigated the case.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Justin Roller prosecuted the case on behalf of the United States.
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Key Facts
- State: Alabama
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: Official Source ↗
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