Date: 06-24-2024

Case Style:

United States of America v. Shydequan C. Wynn

Case Number: 6:23-CR-6161

Judge: Charles J. Siragusa

Court: The United States District Court for the Western District of New York (Monroe County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: The United States Attorney’s Office in Rochester

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Description:

Rochester, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a stolen check scheme
Rochester man sentenced for his role in stolen check scheme involving hundreds of victims

Shydequan C. Wynn, 31, of Rochester, NY, who was convicted of financial institution fraud.

Between October 2019, and March 2022, Shydequan C. Wynn, age 31, of Rochester, New York, executed a scheme, with others, to defraud financial institutions. Wynn stole checks included in mail from unattended mailboxes. He then forged or altered the stolen checks, often changing the amounts and making them payable to himself or another co-conspirator. He or a co-conspirator then cashed the fraudulent checks for financial gain. The scheme involved approximately 112 victims and stolen and altered checks totaling approximately $179,447. Of this amount, approximately $74,911.50 involved checks that were successfully altered and negotiated.

The sentencing is the result of an investigation by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, under the direction of Inspector in Charge Ketty Larco-Ward, Boston Division, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, under the direction of Sheriff Todd Baxter, and the Greece Police Department, under the direction of Chief Michael Wood

Outcome:

Defendant was found guilty and sentenced to 18 months in prison

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