The Justice Department issued the following statement.
A Jackson man was sentenced today to 61 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.
Ronald Gardner, 51, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Jackson.
According to court documents and statements made in court, Gardner and his co-conspirator, Anthony Craig Myrick, opened an account at a Jackson bank in another person’s name in September 2022. Gardner and Myrick deposited several counterfeit U.S. Treasury checks in the account at various bank branches in the Jackson metro area and withdrew the cash before the checks were determined to be counterfeit. Gardner admitted to manufacturing the counterfeit Treasury checks and creating a false identification card using another person’s name and identity. The Court found that, as part of the scheme, 10 or more victims had their personal identifying information used unlawfully or without authority.
Gardner and Myrick were indicted by a federal grand jury on August 22, 2023. Myrick pleaded guilty on October 17, 2023, and Gardner pleaded guilty on February 2, 2024. Myrick was sentenced on March 11, 2024, to 26 months in prison. Both defendants were ordered to pay restitution to the bank as part of their sentences.
U.S. Attorney Todd W. Gee of the Southern District of Mississippi and U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Patrick Davis made the announcement.
The U.S. Secret Service and Rankin County Sheriff’s Office investigated the case.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Kimberly T. Purdie prosecuted the case.
4 comments:
Where's the "Our office would like to thank..." - or is that only the local yokels who do that?
Meanwhile, only a handful of people in the Human Services scandal have been brought to justice.
11:43 - having pled guilty means 'brought to justice', just not yet jailed, which means the investigation is ongoing dependent, to some degree, on testimony from those who copped a plea.
You can bet Luther's draws the Justice Department ain't about to let all these republicans slide.
12:46 I can assure you the investigation has concluded and dirty Ron is going to prison for a while.
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