Three participants in a bank fraud, mail theft and aggravated identity theft ring that operated in the Tampa Bay area from mid-2007 through July 2009 were sentenced Friday to prison time, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
A fourth participant awaits sentencing.
The four stole checks and identity information from various United States Postal Service mailboxes and used the information to create counterfeit checks and identity documents, as well as fraudulent purchase orders and invoices, a U.S. Attorney's Office release states. Then they tried getting money from banks or businesses in Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and seven other counties.
Anthony Joseph Henig, 36, was sentenced to nearly nine years.
His half-brother, 38-year-old Gerald Thomas Lange, was sentenced to more than six years.
Kayla Rose Kirklin, 28, was sentenced to nearly four years.
The trio had entered guilty pleas earlier this year.
"In addition to being ordered to pay restitution in excess of $100,000 as part of the sentences, the court also entered a forfeiture money judgment in the amount of $180,000 for both brothers and $130,000 for Kirklin," a U.S. Attorney's Office release states. "The money judgments represent the amount of proceeds that the defendants received during the commission of the charged criminal conduct."
A fourth person, 27-year-old Stephanie Renee Fields, is slated to be sentenced Friday.
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