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06/27/2024

Judge sentences identity theft and fraud defendant to 46 months despite not believing he has learned lesson

Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Despite saying that he didn't believe the defendant had learned from his mistakes, a federal judge on Tuesday sentenced the man to 46 months in federal prison, the lower end of a sentencing guideline, for identity theft and fraud.

In October 2017, Jason Lynch, 41, possessed many fraudulent credit and debit cards, a passport with a name that wasn't his and other instruments related to fraud and identity theft, according to court documents.

Those discoveries were made after a car crash involving Lynch, where fraudulent credit and debit cards were found on the scene, and a search of his hotel room at the Days Inn in Cabot netted a laptop with 306 credit and debit card numbers and three-digit security codes on it under a name that wasn't his.

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