United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy | U.S. Department of Justice
A Brooklyn man has been sentenced to three years in prison for his involvement in a bank fraud and identity theft scheme. Isaiah Aaron Tenryk, 28, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper in Boston federal court. Following his prison term, Tenryk will also serve three years of supervised release.
In September 2024, Tenryk pleaded guilty to charges including bank fraud conspiracy, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft. The charges stem from a scheme where Tenryk and his associates used the stolen identity of a New Jersey corporate executive to illicitly obtain over $3 million in COVID relief tax credits.
The group used fraudulent identification documents to open a bank account in Boston under the executive's name. They deposited an Employee Retention Tax Credit check worth approximately $3 million into this account. Attempts were made by co-conspirators to transfer these funds out of the account but were unsuccessful. Tenryk was apprehended when he returned to the bank to attempt another wire transfer.
Linval Jackson, identified as a co-conspirator from Queens, was arrested earlier in July 2024.
The announcement of the sentencing was made by United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy; Jonathan Wlodyka, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation in Boston; and Ketty Larco-Ward, Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s Boston Division. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kriss Basil is handling the prosecution for this case.
