Three people face federal charges in Tampa for intercepting more than $2 million in U.S. Treasury checks and depositing them with counterfeit driver’s licenses made in the victims’ names. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announced the indictment on October 13. IRS Criminal Investigation and the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration led the case.
The defendants are Stanley Richardson Joseph and Kallie Nicole Valerie Halliday, both of Brooklyn, New York, and Kristy Marie Bochecchio of Tampa. The indictment charges each with conspiracy, theft of government money or property, and aggravated identity theft. Each faces up to 10 years in federal prison if convicted, and the government plans to seek forfeiture of the proceeds. An indictment is a charge, not a finding of guilt…