Gerald Duran, a 49-year-old man from Oklahoma, was sentenced to 45 months in federal prison for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.
Senior U.S. District Judge Sue E. Myerscough handed down the sentence on Thursday.
Duran was arrested on December 29, 2023, in Illinois by Springfield Police Officers at a local branch of a national bank while attempting to cash a fraudulently obtained cashier’s check.
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Earlier that day, he had acquired two cashier’s checks under different names, along with $13,500 in cash, from another branch of the same bank.
In addition to the prison sentence, Duran will serve three years of supervised release following his incarceration and has been ordered to pay $4,500 in restitution.
The U.S. Secret Service investigated the case and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Sierra Senor-Moore.
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