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Date: 09-23-2021
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Case Number: 1:21-cr-00019-DLC
Judge: Dana L. Christensen
Court: United States District Court for the District of Montant (Yellowston County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office
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Description: Billings, MT: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with passing forged checks.
Lawrence Howard Kahle, 54, pleaded guilty on June 11 to wire fraud and to aggravated identity theft.
U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen presided. Judge Christensen also ordered Kahle to pay $1,548 restitution.
“This defendant committed serious crimes and victimized numerous people,” said Billings Police Chief Rich St. John. “Detectives from the BPD, working with our partners at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, worked very hard to help bring justice to the victims. Hopefully, this sentence will bring them closure and send a strong message to others considering the same behavior.”
The government alleged in court documents that in 2020, Kahle was a member of a group that passed forged and counterfeited checks at businesses across Montana. Members of the group would receive stolen checks, identification or paperwork with personal identifying information, usually through mail thefts, burglaries and car thefts. The stolen documents would be used to forge checks and produce fraudulent identifications. Members would then take the forged checks and pass them at businesses. Kahle confessed to passing some of the checks, including a fraudulent check at the Tap Inn in Billings on Oct. 19, 2020.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Colin M. Rubich prosecuted the case, which was investigated by the FBI and Billings Police Department.
18:1343.F WIRE FRAUD; 18:2 AIDING AND ABETTING
(6)
18:1028A.F AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT; 18:2 AIDING AND ABETTING
(12)
Outcome: Defendant sentenced to the custody of the BOP for a term of 15 months on count size, 24 months on count 12, to run consecutively to each other and concurrently with state court cases (39 months total). Supervised release for a term of 3 years on count six and 1 year on count 12, to run concurrently. Standard and special conditions imposed. Fine waived. Special assessment of $200. Restitution is ordered in the amount of $ 1,548.95.
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