United States of America v. Jaivon Davon Taylor, Jadin Winfield, Dennis James Swint, and Nicolas Beltre

Jackson, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.

Jaivon Davon Taylor, Jadin Winfield, Dennis James Swint, and Nicolas Beltre, all residents of New York state, conspired with each other to use false passports in a scheme to fraudulently obtain money from banks in the Jackson, Mississippi area. These defendants used individuals’ stolen identities to create counterfeit passport cards and credit cards which were then presented to banks to make fraudulent withdrawals. Investigators have linked the stolen identities to mail stolen by another criminal group in Mississippi who have pled guilty to state charges in the Circuit Court of Madson County, Mississippi.

The scheme unraveled when a bank employee noticed attempted bank withdrawal irregularities and notified the Madison County Police Department, who arrested Taylor, Winfield and Swint in a rental vehicle. Beltre was later arrested in New York on a federal warrant from Mississippi.

Taylor was sentenced to 70 months in prison, Winfield was sentenced to 57 months in prison, Beltre was sentenced to 54 months in prison, and Swint was sentenced to 79 months in prison.

The United States Postal Inspection Service, the United States Department of State Bureau of Diplomatic Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys David H. Fulcher and Kabah S. Ealy prosecuted the case.

Jaivon Davon Taylor was sentenced to 46 months as to Count 1 and 24 months as to Counts 2 and 3, to run consecutively to Count 1 and concurrently to each other, in the BOP. The term of imprisonment shall be immediately followed by a 3-year term of supervised release as to Count 1 and a 1-year term of supervised release as to Counts 2 and 3, to run concurrently. No fine is ordered. Defendant is ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $32,000.00, jointly and severally with Co-Defendants, and a special assessment fee in the amount of $300.00