United States Attorney Baxter Kruger of the Southern District of Mississippi announced that four defendants had been sentenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi for their roles in an identity theft and bank fraud conspiracy scheme.
Jaivon Davon Taylor, Jadin Winfield, Dennis James Swint, and Nicolas Beltre, all of whom live in New York, conspired to use counterfeit passports in a conspiracy to illegally collect money from banks in Jackson, Mississippi. These defendants exploited stolen identities to construct counterfeit passports and credit cards, which were then submitted to banks for fraudulent withdrawals. Investigators have linked the stolen identities to mail taken by another Mississippi criminal cell, which has pleaded guilty to state offenses in Madison County Circuit Court.
The ruse crumbled after a bank employee spotted attempted bank withdrawal irregularities and alerted the Madison County Police Department, which arrested Taylor, Winfield, and Swint in a rental vehicle. Beltre was eventually apprehended in New York on a federal warrant from Mississippi.
Taylor was sentenced to 70 months in jail; Winfield to 57 months in prison; Beltre to 54 months in prison; and Swint to 79 months in prison.
The case was investigated by the United States Postal Inspection Service, the US Department of State’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Assistant United States Attorneys David H. Fulcher and Kabah S. Ealy prosecuted the case.counterfeit credit cards and device-making equipment.
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