Portland Man Sentenced to 2 ½ Years, Ordered to Pay $32,564 in Restitution for Bank Fraud, Identity Theft

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Paul Logugune stole IDs and checkbooks for forged check writing scheme

PORTLAND, Maine: A Portland man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Portland for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.

U.S. District Judge Nancy Torresen sentenced Paul Logugune, 22, to 30 months in prison to be followed by three years supervised release and ordered him to pay $32,564 in restitution. Logugune pleaded guilty on May 1, 2024.

According to court records, from May to June 2022, Logugune and a coconspirator broke into unattended vehicles and stole purses and wallets to obtain driver's licenses and checkbooks. Forged checks were then drawn on the stolen checkbooks and made payable to the names on the stolen licenses. They then recruited others to cash the forged checks at multiple credit union branches in Cumberland County using the stolen IDs to impersonate the ID theft victims.

The FBI investigated the case.

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Updated August 29, 2024