Federal prosecutors say a North Carolina man participated in a bank fraud conspiracy that relied on stolen identities, carrying out more than $650,000 in unauthorized transactions.
Jacob Lawson, 33, of Reidsville, has been sentenced to 15 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay $656,781.46 in restitution, says the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina.
His co-conspirator, Cordara Mattox, 39, of Stallings, received a 30-month prison term, five years of supervised release, and the same restitution amount in an earlier proceeding…