加拿大男子在Buffalo认罪：出售他人银行账号信息，同伙用89张假支票骗取银行资金，最高面临30年监禁
美国司法部纽约西区检察官办公室2026年10月27日宣布，加拿大魁北克省 Greenfield Park 的 John Shestowsky（51岁）在纽约州 Buffalo 的联邦法院向法官 John L. Sinatra, Jr. 认罪，承认一项共谋银行诈骗罪，法定最高刑为30年监禁。Buffalo 位于纽约州伊利县，是纽约西区的联邦法院所在地之一。
根据检察官办公室公布的案情，2018年4月至2020年7月间，Shestowsky 与同案被告 James Rasmussen 等人合谋，以虚假手段诈骗金融机构。2018年4月5日，Shestowsky 把一份题为「10k clients」的名单用电邮发给 Rasmussen，名单含8名个人的住址、电话，以及每人的银行名称、银行账号和账户金额，相关个人信息均在本人不知情、未许可的情况下被提供。
Rasmussen 把包括这批信息在内的他人个人信息在网上出售牟利：2019年6月至2020年1月4日间，他在线售出约52个 M&T Bank 的银行账号，账号持有人对此均不知情。Rasmussen 还在纽约州注册了虚构公司 First America Solutions Corp.，并以该公司名义在 JPMorgan Chase Bank、Bank of America 与 Wells Fargo Bank 开设账户。
2020年3月10日至26日间，两人把24张假支票存入 Chase 账户；3月11日至16日间，把18张假支票存入 Bank of America 账户；3月16日至5月6日间，又把47张假支票存入 Wells Fargo 账户，三批共89张假支票，使用的都是24名、18名与47名个人的未授权银行账号，其中包括一名纽约西区 Wayne 县的受害人。
检察官办公室表示，针对 Rasmussen 的指控仍在审理中。本案由助理联邦检察官 Paul E. Bonanno 负责起诉，联邦调查局（FBI）负责调查；Shestowsky 的量刑日期将另行排定。
Canadian Man Pleads Guilty in Buffalo: Sold Stolen Bank Account Information Used in 89 Fraudulent Checks, Faces Up to 30 Years
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of New York announced on October 27, 2026, that John Shestowsky, 51, of Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. in Buffalo, New York, to conspiracy to commit bank fraud, which carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison. Buffalo is in Erie County, New York.
Between April 2018 and July 2020, Shestowsky and co-defendant James Rasmussen conspired with others to defraud financial institutions by false and fraudulent pretenses. On April 5, 2018, Shestowsky emailed Rasmussen a listing of eight individuals, titled '10k clients,' with their addresses, phone numbers, and, for each individual, a bank name, bank account number, and a note indicating a dollar amount in the bank account, all without the individuals' knowledge or permission.
Rasmussen sold individuals' personal information, including information he received from Shestowsky, on the internet for a profit. Between June 2019 and January 4, 2020, he sold approximately 52 M&T Bank account numbers online without the knowledge or permission of the account owners. Rasmussen also incorporated a fictitious business, First America Solutions Corp., in New York State and opened bank accounts in its name at JP Morgan Chase Bank, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo Bank.
Between March 10 and March 26, 2020, the two caused 24 fraudulent checks payable to First America Solutions Corp. to be deposited into the Chase account; between March 11 and March 16, 2020, 18 fraudulent checks went into the Bank of America account; and between March 16 and May 6, 2020, 47 fraudulent checks went into the Wells Fargo account, a total of 89 fraudulent checks drawn on the unauthorized bank account numbers of 89 individuals, including a victim in Wayne County in the Western District of New York.
Charges remain pending against Rasmussen. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul E. Bonanno and was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Sentencing for Shestowsky will be scheduled at a later date.
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