Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Crawford, Ark., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to leading a bank fraud conspiracy that used stolen mail and fake identifications to cash nearly $160,000 in fraudulent checks in Webster County, Mo., and elsewhere.
Phillip Daren Shockey, 49, of Crawford, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to the charge contained in an Aug. 27, 2014, federal indictment. Under the terms of today’s plea agreement, Shockey must pay a money judgment of $159,842, which represents the proceeds of the conspiracy and for which he is jointly and severally liable to pay with co-defendants.
