North Carolina Man Sentenced for $650,000 Bank Fraud Using Stolen Identities

Jacob Lawson, 33, of Reidsville, North Carolina, was sentenced to 15 months in prison and ordered to pay $656,781 in restitution for conspiring to commit bank fraud using stolen identities between July 2021 and April 2025. Co-conspirator Cordara Mattox, 39, received a 30-month sentence for the same scheme, which used stolen identities to order replacement debit and credit cards for over $650,000 in unauthorized retail purchases across at least 10 victims.