Two Horry County residents were sentenced in federal court for stealing checks from mail boxes.
According to a press release, Holly Sturkey, 32, of North Myrtle Beach, Brandon Ramon Ledesma, 24, of Gallivants Ferry, and Wayne Michael Scupp, 41, of Pelion, were sentenced in federal court for conspiracy to possess stolen mail matter and to commit bank fraud.
United States District Judge R. Bryan Harwell sentenced Sturkey to 12 months imprisonment, Ledesma to 15 months and Scupp to 18 months.
The defendants were also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $2,463.12.
Sturkey, Ledesma, Scupp, and others stole checks and mail from various mail boxes in the Myrtle Beach area in order to commit bank fraud from July to November 2007.
They described this activity as “mailboxin,” and used the stolen checks and personal identification information to open bank accounts, obtain additional checks on the new accounts, and cash them at area merchants, knowing the checks were worthless.
The case was investigated by agents of the United States Postal Inspection Service. Assistant United States Attorney William E. Day, II, of the Florence office handled the case.
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