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Corey Cato

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Convicted in a public proceeding.

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  1. Pleaded guilty on 9 May 2022 to one count of conspiracy to commit financial institution fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. source
  2. Sentenced on 1 September 2022 by US District Judge R. Gary Klausner to more than seven years in federal prison and ordered to pay $1,908,481 in restitution. source
  3. Described by investigators as 41 years old, of Atlanta, Georgia. source
  4. Maintained a commercial mail-receiving agency space ('Pak Mail') in Georgia to receive bank and credit card statements tied to synthetic identities, insulating his own address from detection. source
  5. Used a stolen Social Security number and a fake California driver's licence to rent an Atlanta apartment under the alias 'Jason Brown,' where investigators found credit cards and financial documents in the names of synthetic identities in February 2019. source

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Sources

  1. HSI investigates synthetic identities scheme that defrauded banks nearly $2M. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations. Accessed 2026-09-13.

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