{"id":233336,"date":"2026-04-15T21:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T21:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/233336\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T21:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T21:58:08","slug":"orlando-man-sentenced-to-over-six-years-for-bank-fraud-and-aggravated-identity-theft-wftv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/233336\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando man sentenced to over six years for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft \u2013 WFTV"},"content":{"rendered":"

ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 36-year-old Dexter Ray King, out of Orlando, was sentenced to six years and three months in prison for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. <\/p>\n

According to Department of Homeland Security evidence, during the COVID-19 pandemic, King filed dozens of fraudulent claims for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) benefits across several states. <\/p>\n

Once the claims were approved, he would change the addresses on the claims to his Orlando apartment so that the debit cards with benefits were mailed to him.<\/p>\n

King also filed fraudulent claims using his own name, but Social Security numbers that did not belong to him, and had the resulting benefits directly deposited into his bank account.<\/p>\n

King, in total, received over half a million dollars in fraud proceeds, which he spent on a new SUV, a trip to Las Vegas, expensive restaurants, and luxury fashion brands.<\/p>\n

The courts ordered him to forefit $549,375.50 in proceeds from his bank fraud scheme. <\/p>\n

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