Mobile man sentenced for mail theft, fraud and identity theft: USDOJ

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A Mobile man received his prison sentence for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft involving checks he stole in the mail, according to the United States Department of Justice.

According to a news release from the USDOJ, court documents show 32-year-old Jonathan Taylor Randle pleaded guilty to defrauding several banks and credit unions between October 2022 and May 2023.

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He was sentenced to 36 months in prison.

The release said Randle admitted he schemed to steal checks from the mail, produce counterfeit and forged checks, make false identification documents, and conduct unlawful deposits, transfers, and withdrawals.

Federal agents received complaints in March 2023 about someone reportedly “fishing” mail from U.S. postal collection boxes with tools reportedly covered in rat trap glue.

Agents found these tools inside postal collection boxes at Mobile, Alabama, and Escatawpa, Mississippi, post offices.

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The USDOJ release said a fingerprint examiner revealed Randle’s fingerprints on the devices.

Randle reportedly deposited several forged checks at Regions Bank ATMs across Mobile in April 2023.

The release said surveillance cameras saw Randle making the fraudulent deposits.

Agents executed a search warrant at Randle’s home in May 2023, during which they seized hundreds of checks and pieces of stolen mail, fraudulent identifications with Randle’s picture and stolen identification information, several debit and credit cards in the names of others, a laptop, a notebook filled with stolen identifying information, and a rifle.

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Agents also seized his cellphone, which had information about the fraud scheme.

According to the USDOJ release, Senior United States District Judge William H. Steele ordered Randle to serve a five-year term of supervised release, be drug tested, and receive mental health treatment.

Steele also ordered Randle to pay $33,042.95 in victim restitution and another $200 in special assessments.

The investigation of this case included the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the U.S. Secret Service and the Mobile Police Department.

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