Sacramento man sentenced to over 3 years in prison for bank fraud and identity theft
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Sacramento man was sentenced Friday to three years and three months in prison for bank fraud and identity theft, following a probe by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.
In addition to the prison term, Abdul Mannan, 33, was also ordered to pay more than $76,000 in restitution. Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle Rodriguez prosecuted the case.
According to court documents, over an eight-month period in 2014, Mannan participated in a scheme to obtain cash, goods, and services from banks and from Sacramento-area stores. On July 1, 2015, federal agents executed a search warrant at his residence and found personal and financial information for more than 25 victims and more than 25 different credit card accounts. On March 11, Mannan pleaded guilty to the charges.
“We are working closely with the U.S. Attorney’s Office and our partners in law enforcement to arrest and prosecute those responsible for complex identity fraud schemes and to protect postal customers’ mail and personal information from theft,” said Rafael Nunez, inspector in charge for the San Francisco Division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.
“Identity theft schemes result in billions of dollars in losses every year in this country and cause incalculable heartache and financial harm to law-abiding consumers,” said Ryan L. Spradlin, the special agent in charge who oversees HSI’s enforcement activities throughout northern California. “We owe it to the victims of these schemes to pursue such cases aggressively, making it clear that those who brazenly enrich themselves through fraud and identity theft, as this defendant did, will be held accountable for their crimes.”
HSI and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service received substantial assistance with the case from the Sacramento Police Department.
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