FORT MYERS, Florida — Kristin Cara Kunstler, a 43-year-old from Amarillo, Texas, has been sentenced to five years and one month in federal prison for theft of government money and aggravated identity theft.
Kunstler pleaded guilty on October 23, 2025, and as part of her sentence, the court ordered a forfeiture of $2,797,083, the amount stolen from the government, according to United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe. Court documents reveal that on January 2, 2025, Kunstler deposited a U.S. Treasury check belonging to a victim into a bank account she opened in the victim’s name in Naples, Florida. She used the victim’s personal information without their consent and was the sole signer on the account…