Charlotte man gets 3 years for stolen check fraud

9 October 2024 1 minute Author: Newsman

A Charlotte man has been sentenced to 3 years in prison for his part in a bank fraud scheme that used stolen mail.

Terrell Hager of Charlotte was convicted of masterminding a check fraud scheme with accomplices. His accomplice, postal worker Kiara Padgett, stole checks from letters. Hager would then sell these checks through a Telegram channel and deposit money into his accounts, withdrawing them before the banks discovered the fraud.

The scam ran for more than a year, from August 2021 to November 2022. Padgett used her job at the post office to steal the checks, while Hager ran the “Hunnitband Swipe School” Telegram channel through which he sold the stolen checks. The scheme caused losses in the amount of more than $66,000, while the total amount of stolen checks through the Telegram channel was more than $7.3 million

As a result of this fraud, Hager received a three-year prison sentence and two years of post-release supervision.

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