Man Sentenced to 7 Years for Bank Fraud & Identity Theft in Maine

A 22-year-old man was sentenced to 7 ½ years in prison for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.

Man Sentenced for 30 Months for Bank Fraud and Identity Theft

Paul Logugune from Portland will serve 30 months in prison and pay $32,564 in restitution. He will also have three years supervised release. He pleaded guilty on May 1, 2024.

Stole Checkbooks and Licenses from Vehicles

Logugune and a co-conspirator stole purses and wallets after breaking into vehicles in May and June, 2022. They took driver’s licenses and checkbooks.

Forged Checks

They forged checks from the stolen checkbooks and made payable to the names on the stolen licenses.

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Checks Cashed at Credit Unions

The two conspirators “then recruited others to cash the forged checks at multiple credit union branches in Cumberland County using the stolen IDs to impersonate the ID theft victims,” said court records.

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