Ashley M. Patton-Spencer, a 37-year-old resident of University Park, Illinois, has been sentenced to 20 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release. The sentence comes after her involvement in aiding and abetting the passing and uttering of a counterfeit U.S. obligation. Court records reveal that Patton-Spencer played a role in a scheme to pass a counterfeit U.S. Treasury check at a Cheyenne bank in April 2024. She recruited co-defendant Pamela Kubesh for the operation and coordinated travel and communication among conspirators. The case was investigated by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration and the Cheyenne Police Department. Patton-Spencer pleaded guilty on December 11, 2024, with U.S. District Court Judge Alan B. Johnson delivering the sentence on March 3.
Pamela Kubesh, aged 56 from Lake Tomahawk, Wisconsin, received a sentence of 12 months imprisonment and three years of supervised release for her role in passing and uttering a counterfeit U.S. obligation. On April 8, 2024, she used false identification to open a bank account in Cheyenne where she deposited the counterfeit check. Investigations identified several individuals who assisted Kubesh, including Ashley Patton-Spencer and Dwayne Rogers Jr., leading to their arrests and subsequent guilty pleas. Judge Alan B. Johnson imposed her sentence on March 4.
Dwayne Rogers Jr., aged 22 from Colorado Springs, Colorado, was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment with three years of supervised release for aiding and abetting in this crime alongside Pamela Kubesh on April 8, 2024. He provided false identification documents during the bank account opening process and transported conspirators to the bank location.
In another case concerning illegal reentry into the United States, Luis Angel Giron-Zavala from Guanajuato, Mexico was sentenced to six months imprisonment followed by one year of unsupervised release under the condition that he does not return illegally to the United States. Giron-Zavala was apprehended by Wyoming Highway Patrol due to an outstanding warrant from Texas while claiming Mexican citizenship without proper reentry permission since his removal in April 2018.
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