MOBILE, AL - A Mobile man was sentenced to 25 months in prison for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
According to court documents, from at least March 2021 through February 2022, Tyler Keith Coleman, 25, executed a scheme to defraud multiple victims by making numerous fraudulent and unauthorized deposits of altered and counterfeit payroll checks worth more than $47,000 into his various personal bank accounts. The victims of Coleman’s fraud scheme included several businesses in Mobile and Baldwin County where Coleman had previously worked. Coleman used legitimate payroll checks from those businesses to generate counterfeit checks that he later deposited, causing financial losses to the victims. In connection with the scheme, Coleman admitted that he possessed and used means of identification of real people-namely, the signatures of various authorized signatories on the fraudulent checks.
United States District Judge Kristi K. DuBose ordered Coleman to serve a three-year term of supervised release upon his release from prison, during which time he will undergo testing and treatment for substance abuse, will receive mental health evaluation and treatment, and will be subject to credit restrictions. The court did not impose a fine, but Judge DuBose ordered Coleman to pay $47,779.67 in victim restitution and $200 in special assessments.
U.S. Attorney Sean P. Costello of the Southern District of Alabama made the announcement.
The United States Postal Inspection Service and the Mobile Police Department investigated the case.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Justin Roller prosecuted the case on behalf of the United States.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
