BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — An Alabama man described by federal prosecutors as the ringleader of a multi-state bank fraud scheme involving forged U.S. Treasury checks has been sentenced to five years in prison.
Eddarrius Tyjuan Wallace, 37, of York, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison and fined $25,000, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Alabama. Wallace pleaded guilty in May to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and bank fraud.
The scheme involved fraudulent deposits and withdrawals totaling more than $1.8 million at banks in Alabama and Mississippi, court documents said…