April 29, 2026 – FRESNO, CA – Kyle Matthew Lisman, 30, of Bakersfield, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District
Judge Jennifer L. Thurston to five years in prison for wire fraud, possessing stolen mail and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced.
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According to court documents, between January and July of 2023, Lisman devised a scheme to steal victim identities to defraud them. He used the name, social security number, and other personal information of another person to fraudulently obtain a car at a Bakersfield car dealership. Under the victim’s identity, Lisman paid $40,000 to purchase the car on the dealership’s website before traveling to the dealership and picking it up. To do this, he presented the dealership with a fake driver’s license created from the victim’s actual driver’s license information but with Lisman’s picture…