On Thursday, a 48-year-old man from Fairfield was found guilty of one count of bank fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft and given a four-year prison sentence in federal court in Sacramento.
Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith announced in a press release that Steven Daniel Miller was also sentenced to pay $36,206 in restitution.
In October 2018, Miller applied for a bank credit in order to buy a 2018 Dodge Challenger Hellcat at a Yuba City vehicle dealership using someone else’s Social Security number, according to court filings.
The bank authorized the loan and gave the car dealership about $75,754 based on the fraudulent information on the credit application. Beckwith, who is in charge of the DOJ’s Eastern District of California, said that Miller took the car out of the showroom and that police later confiscated it.
Miller entered a guilty plea in May 2024, but he did not show up for his October 2024 sentence. He has been detained since his arrest in November 2024.
With assistance from the Solano County Sheriff’s Office, the Fairfield Police Department, the California Highway Patrol, and the Rocklin and Gilroy police departments, the U.S. Secret Service conducted an investigation that led to the case.
The prosecution was led by Assistant U.S. Attorney Denise N. Yasinow.
