Crime & Safety
Jersey City Man Sentenced To 27 Months For Fake Passport Scheme
The man used fake passports to open accounts at banks where he deposited phony IRS refund checks, the Prosecutor's Office said.
JERSEY CITY, NJ — A Jersey City man was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for conspiring to use fake passports to open accounts at banks into which he and others deposited phony IRS refund checks, causing the banks to lose approximately $450,000, according to the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office.
Mamadou Diallo, 44, of Jersey City, pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud conspiracy and one count of false use of a passport.
From June 2012 through December 2018, Diallo and others created false passports and used them to open fraudulent bank accounts, according to the HCPO. Then they deposited fraudulent IRS refund checks and withdrew the funds from ATM and teller terminals. The banks lost over $450,000.
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In addition to the prison term, Judge Hayden sentenced Diallo to three years of supervised release, and ordered him to pay $150,052 in restitution.
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