Two Men Plead Guilty in Check Fraud Ring

Two men pleaded guilty to fraud in Hartford federal court.

Benji Carr, also known as Rodrick Lawson Davis, 39, of New Haven and North Carolina, and Lanston Xavier Neal, 37, of Charlotte, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to fraud charges Monday and Tuesday.

The men, along with Brandon Key Bentley, are suspected of running a stolen checks ring, hiring people to cash altered checks at banks, according to Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut. The men were able to cash 37 of 39 fraudulent checks amounting to $104,070, she said in a news release.

Bentley, 31, of New Haven, pleaded guilty to bank fraud in September.

All three are scheduled to be sentenced in February of next year., facing a maximum of 30 years  and $1 million in fines.

The United States Postal Inspection Service, Connecticut Financial Fraud Task Force and Branford, Madison, Middlebury, Milford, New Britain, New Haven, New Milford, North Branford, Waterbury, Woodbridge and Southbury police investigated the case.

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