WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — A Warner Robins man was sentenced to more than seven months in prison for bank fraud on Tuesday.
Mozell Wright, Jr., 36, pleaded guilty to bank fraud in April, and a U.S. District Attorney news release says he is believed to have been the ring leader in a mail theft and check cashing ring in the Warner Robins community.
Starting on March 30, 2017, Wright obtained the personal information of a person and attempted to deposit or cash more than $15,000 worth of fraudulent checks at various Houston County banks.
Wright was arrested on May 18, 2017, and a search of his home found hundreds of pieces of mail with the personal information of at least 23 other people, check stock and partially completed checks with the illegally obtained personal information.
Two of his co-defendants -- Tara, Blanks, 46, and Bradley Rumph, Jr., 26, both of Warner Robins -- also pleaded guilty in April and were sentenced to two years supervised release on Tuesday. Charges against five remaining co-defendants are still pending.
Wright, Jr. will have six months of home confinement after he serves his prison sentence.