A Silver Spring man convicted for a bank fraud scheme that cost victims several hundred thousand dollars has been sentenced to 75 months in federal prison, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
Emmanuel Kusi Appiah, 47 was found guilty of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, four counts of bank fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft after a five-day federal trial in March.
Prosecutors said Appiah and conspirators deposited stolen checks and tax refunds into fraudulent bank accounts that were created using five stolen identities from June 2013 to March 2018.
Witness testimony revealed Appiah laundered, transferred or withdrew the funds using the stolen identities for him and his conspirators to use, according to prosecutors.
Appiah faced a maximum of 30 years in prison for each of the bank fraud counts, along with a mandatory two years for the identity theft charges, to run consecutive to any other sentence.
Prosecutors are seeking full repayment of the stolen funds.
An attorney for Appiah did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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