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Man Sentenced For $319K Counterfeit Check Fraud Scheme Involving 12 CT Banks Man Sentenced For $319K Counterfeit Check Fraud Scheme Involving 12 CT Banks
Man Sentenced For $319K Counterfeit Check Fraud Scheme Involving 12 CT Banks One of four men who conspired to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars through an elaborate counterfeit check bank fraud scheme that targeted a dozen Connecticut banks has been sentenced. Waterbury resident Jonell Bonilla, 26, has been sentenced to 46 months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release for his role in the scheme, which went on for more than a year. Between December 2017 and January 2019, Bonilla and his co-conspirators obtained access to bank accounts by recruiting targets through social media and persuading them to share their account information, including deb…

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