A Kansas City, Missouri, man was sentenced on April 2 to more than four years in federal prison for his involvement in a scheme to alter and forge stolen United States Treasury checks.
Jevon P. Crudup, Jr., age 25, received a sentence of 57 months without parole from U.S. District Judge Grey Kays. In addition to the prison term, Crudup was ordered to pay $88,020.33 in restitution to victims of the fraud.
Crudup pleaded guilty on May 20, 2025, to one count of bank fraud related to the scheme. According to court documents, he defrauded financial institutions by depositing altered and forged Treasury checks into accounts belonging to people he met online. These individuals provided him with their account details and debit cards because they believed he would help them earn money.
After depositing the fraudulent checks at ATMs using these accounts, Crudup used the debit cards himself or instructed others to withdraw cash or transfer funds electronically through various online payment systems. The operation involved at least fifteen stolen and forged Treasury checks with an intended loss totaling about $160,000.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Brent Venneman and investigated by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA). The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri handles federal prosecutions and civil litigation across 66 counties in western Missouri according to its official website. Its jurisdiction extends from Iowa’s border southward to Arkansas and covers areas from Kansas eastward halfway across Missouri according to its official website.
The office is affiliated with the U.S. Department of Justice according to its official website, operates offices in Kansas City, Jefferson City and Springfield according to its official website, supports community outreach programs addressing issues such as violent crime and drug trafficking according to its official website, and collaborates with federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement partners according to its official website.
