A Georgia man has been sentenced in a federal check fraud case that targeted businesses and banks across central and southern Illinois.
Traveon Reese, 31, of Atlanta, received 70 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft.
Authorities say his group stole business checks from the mail, used the account information to create fake checks, and recruited others to cash them. Investigators say they attempted to cash 26 checks totaling more than 93-thousand dollars, with an estimated actual loss of nearly 47-thousand dollars.
The Illinois State Police led the investigation with assistance from the FBI.
