A California man was sentenced to more than three years in prison for his role in an identity theft and bank fraud ring across states, including Arizona.
Muhammed Drammeh, 30, of Huntington Beach, California, was given a 37-month prison sentence on Tuesday.
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After being released, he will be required to spend three years on supervised release. He previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud.
According to the District of Arizona for the United States Attorney’s Office, Drammeh targeted both individuals and banks in Arizona, Colorado, and California.
Drammeh and his co-conspirators used stolen personal information from victims to register fraudulent business accounts in the aforementioned states that were linked to the victims’ actual bank accounts.
The 30-year-old and his co-conspirators then transferred funds from the victims’ legitimate accounts to the fake accounts they controlled, withdrawing the money from financial institutions and casinos.
Drammeh also recruited others to impersonate victims and provide them phony IDs. He also supervised at least one co-conspirator while they opened fake accounts in the victims’ names and withdrew funds.
The investigation was undertaken by the FBI, and the prosecution was handled by the Financial Crimes and Public Corruption Unit of the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona in Tucson.
