Birmingham man sentenced to 10 years for multi-million dollar fraud

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ( WIAT ) — A Birmingham man was sentenced to 10 years in prison after running a Telegram channel that sold millions of dollars in stolen and fraudulent checks.

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Mekhi Harris, 25, of Birmingham, was sentenced to 120 months in prison and ordered to forfeit $160,000 after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud in April, says U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona.

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