Sean P. Costello U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama
Ten individuals have been sentenced in federal court for their involvement in a bank fraud and identity theft scheme. The group, led by Jaden Travier Lollie from Bremerton, Washington, and Ralph Tyrone Griffin, Jr. from Mobile, Alabama, engaged in fraudulent activities between November 2021 and March 2024.
Court documents reveal that the defendants stole checks from U.S. mail, altered them, and deposited them at various financial institutions using the personal information of businesses and individuals primarily in the Mobile area. The operation was furthered through social media recruitment of individuals with bank accounts who provided account details and debit cards. The scheme resulted in over $49,000 in actual losses with intended losses exceeding $250,000.
Surveillance footage captured Griffin and his associates conducting numerous fraudulent transactions using counterfeit checks. Law enforcement executed search warrants at related residences, seizing evidence including laptops, printers, cell phones, stolen checks, and debit cards not belonging to the defendants. Communications among the conspirators showed Lollie producing counterfeit checks in Seattle and sending them to Griffin for use in Mobile.
United States District Judge Kristi K. DuBose sentenced Lollie to 42 months and Griffin to 18 months in prison. Both were also ordered to serve five-year supervised release terms post-incarceration with credit restrictions. They are required to pay $49,201.30 jointly as victim restitution along with their codefendants.
Other sentences include Jhykez Labarron Adams receiving 57 months due to possession of an illegal machine gun; Jamarion Ant’Jwan Licharles Adams, Tamarcus Santreal Napier, Noraa Loisann Bracy each receiving 25 months; Reginald Maurice Spencer Jr., 18 months; Khadijah Lashay Kimbrough nine months; Jamaal Isiah Kidd one day; Kareer Dewayne Morris time served. All were given supervised release terms along with restitution payments.
U.S. Attorney Sean P. Costello announced these sentences following investigations by multiple agencies including the United States Postal Inspection Service and the United States Secret Service among others.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Justin Roller prosecuted the case on behalf of the government.
