From Sandy Louey:
A 44-year-old Carmichael man was sentenced Thursday to four years and three months in prison for bank fraud and identity theft charges.
U.S. District Judge Morrison C. England also sentenced Jack Wynne Morrison Jr. to five years of supervised release and full restitution, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office.
From March through September 2007, Morrison used stolen identity information and negotiated checks stolen from the mail, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.
Prosecutors said he washed, altered and forged checks to suit the identity he was employing to perpetuate each fraudulent transaction. He then cashed and attempted to cash the checks at banks.
Morrison assumed the identities of at least four people, even posing as reverend to steal money meant for the Oak Hills Church in Folsom, authorities said.
He was arrested after an investigation where bank and post office surveillance images were analyzed. On June 12, 2008, he pleaded guilty to two counts of bank fraud, a count of aggravated identity theft and a count of possession of stolen U.S. mail. He was on parole during the time of his felony fraud offenses, authorities said.
The case was a joint investigation of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Roseville Police Department and the Sacramento Police Department
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