Wichita man gets 45 months in prison for role in $3.5 million fraud

A federal judge on Monday ordered a Wichita man to serve 45 months in prison for taking about a $43,000 car loan using a stolen identity.

Prosecutors say Jacob Michael Martin, 32, applied for the loan at CarMax to buy a 2012 Jaguar and was issued a $43,599.47 note by Wells Fargo Bank in the name of his victim. He used a fake driver’s license with his own photo but with the victim’s name, as well as the victim’s Social Security number, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said in a news release.

Martin is one of 13 people charged in a May 2016 indictment alleging the group stole mail, forged identification, fraudulently obtained credit cards and shopped using others’ identities. The fraud brought in an estimated $3.5 million, according to The Eagle’s archives.

Martin pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft in January, court records show.

This story was originally published April 10, 2017 at 4:04 PM with the headline "Wichita man gets 45 months in prison for role in $3.5 million fraud."