Federal Court Charges JCC Man With Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud

Rajesh Attri (Photo courtesy Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail)

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has adopted the case of a James City County man who is accused of committing bank fraud.

The Williamsburg-James City County Commonwealth’s Attorney Office agreed Thursday to drop 37 bank fraud charges against 40-year-old Rajesh Attri, according to Williamsburg-James City County Commonwealth’s Attorney Michael Gaten.

The U.S. District Court has in turn charged him with one felony count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, according to Margaret Jahn, press liaison for the Newport News U.S Attorney’s Office.

The charge has a maximum sentence of a $1 million fine and 30 years in prison, or both.

Federal court documents charge Attri with depositing bad checks drawn from accounts from banks that include Capital One, CHASE Bank and TD Bank that did not contain the funds as represented.

He caused losses in excess of $90,000 from the banks, federal court documents show. He is accused of conducting the scheme between July and September 2013.

In Williamsburg-James City County, Attri was accused of conspiring with three women to open accounts at various banks, including a SunTrust bank in Williamsburg, and making small cash deposits into the accounts under false names.

He was originally charged with three felony counts of identity theft, one felony count of credit card forgery, 16 felony counts of passing bad checks and 16 felony counts of fraud.

Jahn said the case is pending investigation in federal court. No hearings have been set.

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