Evan Cutler, age 25, of Queensbury, New York, has been sentenced to 44 months in prison for his role as a ringleader of a bank fraud conspiracy targeting SEFCU.
United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Erin Keegan, Special Agent in Charge of the Buffalo Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), made the announcement.
According to an indictment returned last year, court records, and statements made by prosecutors in court, between February 2022 and October 2022, Cutler, together with codefendant Allahson Allah, 54, of Albany, managed a conspiracy targeting SEFCU in which the conspirators obtained customer personal identifying information (PII) and impersonated people to obtain cash and credit from SEFCU fraudulently.
The conspirators also applied for loans at SEFCU in the names of individuals whose identities they had stolen and withdrew the proceeds in cash. The conspiracy netted the conspirators $88,800, with intended losses of over $100,000.
Cutler’s sentence concludes the investigation and prosecution of the conspiracy.
Previously, the following coconspirators were sentenced as follows: Allah was sentenced to 57 months in prison followed by three years’ post-release supervision, with restitution ordered in the amount of $88,800; Caeshara Cannon, 36, of Albany, was sentenced to 16 months in prison, followed by two years’ post-release supervision, with restitution ordered in the amount of $77,200; Davon Parson, 20, of Albany, was sentenced to 15 months’ incarceration followed by two years’ post-release supervision, with restitution ordered in the amount of $9,000; and Dnauticah Taylor-Sterman, 22, of Albany, was sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment followed by three years’ post-release supervision, with restitution ordered in the amount of $25,000.
