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June 9, 2008
CALIFORNIA MAN SENTENCED FOR AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT AND BANK FRAUD
LOUISVILLE, KY - Sherman L. Clemons, age 25, of Oakland, California, was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months imprisonment in United States District Court, Louisville, Kentucky, for committing bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney David L. Huber of the Western District of Kentucky announced today. Joseph H. McKinley, Jr., Judge, United States District Court, also sentenced Clemons to 5 years supervised release following incarceration. There is no parole in the federal judicial system. In addition, restitution in the amount of $66,765.46 was imposed.
Clemons had previously plead guilty to executing a scheme to defraud Premier Bank, a federally-insured financial institution, between August 1 and October 31, 2006, by obtaining money through cash advances using credit card numbers and driver's license numbers of other individuals. Clemons also plead guilty to committing aggravated identity theft by possessing and using, without lawful authority, other individuals' names, addresses, and driver's license numbers to further his scheme. Clemons obtained $60,000 in and around Memphis, Tennessee and $20,000 in and around Louisville, Kentucky, for a total of $80,000.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Ann Claire Phillips, and it was investigated by the United States Secret Service.
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