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Date: 12-12-2021
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Case Number: 5:21-cr-00014-gwc-1
Judge: Geoffrey W. Crawford
Court: United States District Court for the District of Vermont (Rutland County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Rutland, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with bank fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1334(1).
Giovanni Joseph, 34, formerly of Dix Hills, New York, was with one count of bank fraud.
According to court records, Joseph presented stolen checks at five banks around central Vermont in March of 2020. The checks had been stolen from U.S. Postal Service mail collection boxes in Montpelier, East Montpelier, and Wilmington. On four occasions, the stolen checks had been modified to change the original payee’s name to Joseph’s name. Attempting to cash the fifth stolen check, Joseph presented a forged identification document to impersonate the check’s legitimate payee.
The United States Postal Inspection Service investigated this case.
Joseph is represented by Assistant Federal Public Defenders David L. McColgin and Sara M. Puls. The prosecutor is Assistant U.S. Attorney Spencer Willig.
18:1344(1).F BANK FRAUD - knowingly executed and attempted to execute a scheme to defraud by cashing and attempting to cash checks stolen from the U.S. Mail at the following financial institutions: Peoples United Bank, N.A., Northfield Savings Bank, North Country Federal Credit Union, Community Bank, N.A., Mascoma Bank
Outcome: Imprisonment for a term of time served, with no supervised release to follow. Restitution in the total amount of $2,590 is payable, due immediately.
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