United States v. Maddox

ORDER

Shanta Maddox and her coconspirators defrauded federally insured banks by stealing corporate checks from the mail, incorporating shell companies with names similar to those on the checks, opening bank accounts in the new corporations’ names, and withdrawing cash or purchasing cashiers checks from those accounts or personal accounts that they had hacked. Maddox pleaded guilty to bank fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1344, and the district court sentenced her to 72 months in prison, well below the guidelines range of 130 to 162 months.

Maddox filed a notice of appeal, but her appointed counsel has…