LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A 41-year-old Las Vegas man was sentenced Thursday to 6 years in jail and ordered to pay almost $3.5 million in restitution in a Utah financial institution fraud case, in line with the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace for the District of Utah.
Kyle Eugene Duncan-Carle admitted a 2023 scheme involving stolen U.S. Treasury checks that totaled almost $8 million, in line with court docket paperwork. Prosecutors stated he stole the checks after which assumed the identities of the recipients, opening credit score union accounts and depositing the checks. He then withdrew the funds.
“As a result, Duncan-Carle cost the United States government, financial institutions, and a financial institution’s insurance provider $3,490,634.75,” in line with a information launch.
Duncan-Carle was sentenced in Salt Lake Metropolis.
The case was investigated collectively by the Inner Income Service, Prison Investigations, the Inner Income Service Treasury Inspector Normal for Tax Administration and the FBI Salt Lake Metropolis Subject Workplace.
Assistant United States Attorneys Stephen P. Dent and Luisa Gough of the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace for the District of Utah prosecuted the case.
