Michael Alan Carver, age 30, from Collinsville, Illinois was sentenced to eighteen 18 months in prison for the offense of Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, James L. Porter, announced today. Additionally, Carver was ordered to serve three years supervised release following his release from prison and ordered to pay restitution totaling $7,655.28.
Carver stole United States mail out of area mail boxes with a coconspirator Jeffrey Brown to obtain the means of identification of other persons. As part of the conspiracy the means of identification were used to apply for and activate credit cards of other persons without authorization. Brown fraudulently purchased various merchandise online and at retail stores using the unauthorized access devices and had items delivered to Carver's residence. Carver was indicted jointly with Jeffrey Brown who was previously sentenced in November 2015 and received a sentence of two years in prison.
The successful prosecution is the result of an investigation conducted by the Southern Illinois Identity Theft Task Force consisting of the Internal Revenue Service/Criminal Investigations, the United States Secret Service and the Postal Inspection Service. The Collinsville Police Department also assisted in the investigation. The prosecution was handled by Assistant U.S. Attorney Norman R. Smith.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
