Ashley M. Patton-Spencer, a 37-year-old resident of University Park, Illinois, has been sentenced to 20 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release. She was convicted for aiding and abetting the passing and uttering of a counterfeit U.S. obligation. Court records reveal that Patton-Spencer played a role in facilitating the passing of a counterfeit U.S. Treasury check at a Cheyenne bank in April 2024. Her involvement included recruiting co-defendant Pamela Kubesh and coordinating with others involved in the crime. The investigation was conducted by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration and the Cheyenne Police Department. Patton-Spencer pleaded guilty on December 11, 2024, and U.S. District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson handed down her sentence on March 3 in Cheyenne.
Pamela Kubesh, aged 56 from Lake Tomahawk, Wisconsin, received a sentence of 12 months' imprisonment along with three years of supervised release for her role in passing and uttering a counterfeit U.S. obligation. On April 8, 2024, Kubesh used false identification to open a bank account in Cheyenne where she deposited the counterfeit check. Investigators identified several accomplices including Ashley Patton-Spencer and Dwayne Rogers Jr., leading to Kubesh's arrest and subsequent guilty plea on December 12, 2024. The same investigative bodies were involved in this case as well.
Dwayne Rogers Jr., a 22-year-old from Colorado Springs, Colorado, was sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment with three years of supervised release for aiding and abetting similar crimes involving Pamela Kubesh at the same Cheyenne bank on April 8, 2024. He provided false identification documents and assisted co-conspirators by driving them to the bank location.
In another case concerning illegal reentry into the United States after deportation, Luis Angel Giron-Zavala from Guanajuato, Mexico was sentenced to six months' imprisonment followed by one year of unsupervised release under conditions prohibiting his return to the United States illegally. Arrested by Wyoming Highway Patrol on March 24, 2024, Giron-Zavala will complete serving an unrelated sentence in Texas before being deported.
The United States Attorney’s Office is responsible for federal litigation within Wyoming's district including criminal prosecutions like these cases mentioned above.
