Connecticut Financial Crimes Task Force:
Hartford Man Admits Running Fraudulent Check Scheme

Nora R. Dannehy, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DONALD GLENN, 37, of Hartford, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today before United States Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez in Hartford to six counts of bank fraud.

According to documents filed with the Court and statements made in Court, between approximately December 2003 and November 2004, GLENN recruited several individuals to cash more than 200 counterfeit checks at various bank branches throughout central Connecticut. The counterfeit checks, which ranged in amount from approximately $550 to $1000, appeared to be payroll checks from various Connecticut businesses and municipalities. The checks had the actual bank account numbers of the entities that purportedly issued the check, and the individuals working for GLENN cashed the checks at the banks that held the accounts upon which the checks were purportedly drawn.

In addition, GLENN provided the individuals working for him with fraudulent leases and birth certificates, which the individuals used to obtain false photo identification cards from the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles. The individuals who cashed the counterfeit checks used the false identification at the banks in order to complete the fraudulent transactions.

GLENN provided the counterfeit checks used in the scheme, and he would sometimes drive the individuals to the bank branches to cash the counterfeit checks. At all times, GLENN remained outside the bank.  After cashing the checks, the person who cashed the check gave a portion of the cash proceeds to GLENN, and kept a portion for his or her own use.

Through this scheme, GLENN and his associates defrauded banks of $155,787.64.

GLENN is scheduled to be sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Robert N. Chatigny on October 9, 2009, at which time GLENN faces a maximum term of imprisonment of 30 years and a fine of up to $1 million for each count of conviction. He also has agreed to pay restitution in the amount of $155,787.64.

GLENN has been detained in federal custody since March 2008.

This matter is being investigated by the Connecticut Financial Crimes Task Force, notably the United States Secret Service and the United States Postal Inspection Service. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and West Hartford Police Department also assisted in the investigation. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys David T. Huang and Anastasia Enos King.

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