Federal prosecutors have secured a guilty plea from a Texas man accused of depositing more than $15 million in fraudulent U.S. Treasury checks through fake accounts and stolen identities.
Kendrick Lamont Fugett, 34, of West Dallas admitted to the charges on September 17th, 2026, before Chief U.S. District Court Judge Reed O’Connor in the Northern District of Texas, says the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas.
He posed as a chief financial officer to open accounts at multiple banks, including one in Dallas where he deposited a $13.8 million Treasury refund check using a fake Texas driver’s license and fraudulent corporate documents…