JACKSON, Miss. ( WJTV ) – A Louisiana woman pled guilty on April 9 to one count of conspiring to commit wire fraud in connection to a car dealership fraud scheme in the Jackson-metro area.
According to court documents, in June 2023, Joshanique Elouise Bailey, 29, of New Orleans, and her coconspirators obtained the identity information of credit-worthy individuals, created false identity documents in the names of those individuals, and then posed as those individuals at automotive dealerships in order to apply for vehicle financing.
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Prosecutors said Bailey and her coconspirators submitted credit applications and purchased or attempted to purchase vehicles from dealerships in the Jackson area. The defendants traveled from Louisiana to Mississippi in a vehicle rented by one of the coconspirators.
Bailey is scheduled to be sentenced on June 25, 2025, and faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. Bailey is the fifth and final coconspirator to plead guilty as part of this scheme. All five of the defendants are awaiting sentencing…