A Mississippi man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.
According to court documents and statements made in court, Ronald Gardner, 51, and his co-conspirator, Anthony Craig Myrick, 45, both of Jackson, opened an account at BankPlus in another person’s name in September 2022. Gardner and Myrick deposited several counterfeit United States Treasury checks in the account at various BankPlus 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.
Read more at: https://www.magnoliastatelive.com/2024/02/02/man-pleads-guilty-to-using-counterfeit-checks-to-defraud-mississippi-banks/