MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WAKA) – A man has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in a scheme to cash stolen U.S. Treasury checks in the Montgomery area using false identification.
A federal judge has sentenced 33-year-old Devin Zia Adkins of Marietta, Georgia, to 60 months for conspiring to commit wire fraud. Adkins previously pleaded guilty. Following his prison term, Adkins will serve three years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
According to court documents and evidence presented in court, Adkins and 40-year-old Sylena Christina Salikram of Brooklyn, New York, obtained stolen U.S. Treasury checks and used stolen and fraudulent identification information to negotiate the checks at multiple post office locations in Montgomery. Salikram previously pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison…