U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans has announced that William J. White, 63, of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced on September 25, 2024, by the Honorable Sarah S. Vance, U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of Louisiana, for bank fraud.
According to documents filed in federal court, William J. White entered a local bank and used a false identification document during an attempt to cash a forged and fraudulent check.
The defendant was sentenced to 15 months of imprisonment followed by two years of supervised release and ordered to pay a mandatory special assessment fee of $100.
U.S. Attorney Evans praised the work of the United States Diplomatic Security Service and the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office in investigating this matter. Assistant United States Attorney Richard R. Pickens, II of the Financial Crimes Unit is in charge of the prosecution.
