Charlotte Man Is Sentenced To Prison For Stealing And Cashing Checks Valued At $300,000

Press Release

The Checks Were Stolen from U.S. Postal Service Mail Collection Boxes

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - John Calvin Davis, III, 28, of Charlotte, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for executing a scheme involving stolen checks, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.

Tommy D. Coke, Inspector in Charge of the Atlanta Division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), which oversees Charlotte, and Chief Johnny Jennings of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD), join U.S. Attorney King in making today's announcement.

According to court records and court proceedings, from August 2022 to January 2023, Davis obtained approximately 50 checks that were stolen from U.S. Postal Service mail collection boxes in Charlotte. Davis fraudulently endorsed the stolen checks, used ATMs to deposit the checks into bank accounts he controlled, and quickly withdrew the funds via ATMs or mobile transfers before the victims or the bank discovered the checks were stolen. Through this scheme, Davis fraudulently obtained $304,355.56 in fraudulent proceeds.

In February 2024, Davis pleaded guilty to wire fraud. He will be ordered to report to the federal Bureau of Prisons upon designation of a federal facility.

U.S. Attorney King thanked the USPIS and CMPD for their investigation of the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Kenneth Smith of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Charlotte prosecuted the case.

Updated August 28, 2024