An Atlanta man will do prison time and pay thousands in restitution to a bank after pleading guilty to aggravated identity theft.
Khoi Nguyen was sentenced Friday for stealing a victim’s identity, opening a fake BB&T online bank account and impersonating the victim at an Atlanta bank branch multiple times, a press release said. He was arrested after claiming to be a federal agent when he was stopped by law enforcement.
At the time of his arrest, officials said Nguyen possessed more than $11,000 in cash, 20 iPhones, fake Department of Defense identification documents with different names, state driver’s licenses showing Nguyen’s photograph with different names, bank and debit cards in multiple names and documents in the name of the victim he used to open a BB&T account.
An “alert bank employee and the quick response from law enforcement brought his identity theft scheme to a halt,” U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak said in a statement.
“Nguyen brazenly stole thousands of dollars from a financial institution to line his pockets,” Pak said.
The 43-year-old was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg to two years in prison, followed by one year of supervised release, and was ordered to pay just over $3,200 in restitution to BB&T Bank. Nguyen pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft on July 23.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Atlanta Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan J. Huschka prosecuted the case.
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