Justine Lingatong, 24 of Carson, California, was sentenced in United States District Court to 60 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. He will also have to pay restitution in the amount of $189,960.
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Lingatong pled guilty to bank fraud and aggravated identity theft on January 23, 2012. On seven occasions between January 11 and January 13, 2011, Lingatong entered Wells Fargo Bank branches in the Treasure Valley and presented false identification showing his picture and the name of a genuine Wells Fargo account holder. He also presented the Wells Fargo account number of the person he was impersonating. Lingatong admitted that on each occasion he withdrew funds from the victim’s Wells Fargo account.
“Identity theft creates financial havoc and disrupts lives,” said Olson. “It is serious criminal conduct that warrants the serious penalty imposed in this case. Mr. Lingatong will spend the next five years in federal prison and must make restitution to his victims. We will continue to work with our federal and local law enforcement partners to aggressively prosecute identity thieves.”
