On June 13, Jeremiah Wolliston, 23, and Keith Patrick, 38, both from West Palm Beach, Florida, received sentences of 168 months and 72 months in federal prison. They pled guilty to their roles in a scheme involving the purchase of stolen business checks from the mail to commit bank fraud.
Court documents reveal that between December 2022 and May 2024, Wolliston and Patrick conspired with others to buy stolen business checks. These checks were altered and deposited into fraudulently opened bank accounts. The two men established fictitious corporations in Florida and Georgia using names of corporate victims to open these accounts. They then deposited the checks before making ATM withdrawals, wire transfers, and drafting checks to transfer money to other conspirators. The total losses from this scheme exceeded $4.5 million.
U.S. Attorney Hayden P. O’Byrne for the Southern District of Florida announced this along with acting Inspector in Charge Bladismir Rojo of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS).
The case was jointly investigated by USPIS, Homeland Security Investigations, USPS Office of the Inspector General, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, West Palm Beach Police Department, and the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosenfeld prosecuted the case while Assistant U.S. Attorney Mitch Hyman handled asset forfeiture.
The press release can be accessed on the website of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida at www.usdoj.gov/usao/fls.
Further court documents are available on the website of the District Court for the Southern District of Florida at www.flsd.uscourts.gov or http://pacer.flsd.uscourts.gov under case number 24-CR-20440.
