Charlotte Man Sentenced to Prison for Bank Fraud and Identity Theft

10/18/17

A U.S. district court judge sentenced a Charlotte man to more than five years in prison for bank fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft charges Tuesday.

Kendell Rashad Bowden, 26, was sentenced to 66 months in prison and three years of supervised release, which he will serve without the possibility of parole, after a sentencing by Judge Robert J. Conrad Jr., according to a statement by Jill Westmoreland Rose, the U.S. attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.

Between December 2015 and July 2016, Bowden defrauded at least 10 individuals, using stolen personal identification information to obtain credit card accounts in both Mecklenburg County and Iredell County, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Justice. He also used the stolen information of a victim to obtain auto bank loans to purchase two vehicles.

Bowden’s fraudulent expenditures added up to more than $96,000.

In February 2017, while Bowden was on bond for the charges, he accidentally sent his probation officer a text message containing a victim’s stolen personal identification information, prompting Bowden to call the officer to ask him to delete the message, claiming the message was intended for Bowden’s sister, according to the report.

Kimlani M. Ford, the assistant attorney of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Charlotte, prosecuted the case. Bowden remains in federal custody and will be transferred to the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

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