A Bronx resident, Richard Modou Bah, has been sentenced to 58 months in prison after pleading guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud.
The 22-year-old Bah’s prison sentence is to be followed by four years of supervised release.
According to the Department of Justice, Bah and his co-conspirators engaged in a bank fraud and identity theft scheme that targeted individuals and banks in Arizona, Colorado, and California. The co-conspirators used victims’ personal identifying information and fraudulent identifications to open phony business accounts linked to the victims’ legitimate bank accounts. They then transferred the victims’ funds to the phony business bank accounts and withdrew the money in cash at financial institutions and casinos.
As part of the scheme, Bah recruited co-conspirators to impersonate victims using stolen identities and provided them with fake identifications to further the scheme.
Bah also supervised at least one co-conspirator when they opened fraudulent accounts in victims’ names and withdrew the funds at banks and casinos.
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