CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A Reidsville man was sentenced for his role in a bank fraud scheme on Tuesday. At least 10 victims of identity theft were defrauded of over $650,000, according to U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, Russ Ferguson.
From July 2021 to April 2025, Jacob Lawson and Cordara Maddox collaborated together to obtain personal and banking information and impersonate victims in western North Carolina and elsewhere. Mattox contacted financial institutions and requested replacement credit and debit cards, while impersonating the victims. They then used the cards to make transactions at retail stores.
Lawson, 33, was sentenced on Tuesday to 15 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Mattox, 39, was previously sentenced to 30 months in prison with five years of supervised released.
Both suspects pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and ordered to pay $656,781.46 as restitution.
