BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A Birmingham woman was sentenced yesterday for engaging in a check fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and United States Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Patrick M. Davis.
U.S. District Court Judge Anna M. Manasco sentenced Myisha Ayana Green, 46, of Birmingham, to 94 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. In October 2022, Green pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, one count of aggravated identity theft, and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
According to the plea agreement, between May 2020 and May 2021, Green was involved in a conspiracy to produce fraudulent checks using the information on legitimate checks she received from other individuals. Green would then produce a fraudulent check by adding in a different payee name and changing the amount. Green would often include a phone number on the fraudulent check that would reroute to her personal number, in case a bank or business attempted to verify that the check was real, the call would go to Green, and not the actual payor. Green recruited individuals to be “runners," who would attempt to cash the fraudulent checks. Once they became runners, these individuals often would come back to Green seeking additional checks or recommend friends who were willing to run checks. These runners would text a picture to Green the driver’s license of individuals who were willing to try to pass checks, and Green would use their information to produce fraudulent checks. Additionally, when law enforcement searched Green’s residence pursuant to a search warrant, a firearm was found in her nightstand.
The United States Secret Service investigated the case with assistance from the Trussville Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan S. Rummage prosecuted the case.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys