FLORIDA MAN CONVICTED OF DEFRAUDING A WYOMING BANK AND PASSING A COUNTERFEIT U.S. TREASURY CHECK

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:

Daniel Keith McDougal,37,ofFlorida,wasconvictedbyafederaljuryofpassing a counterfeit U.S. Treasury check, bank fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud and conspiracy to defraud the United States. Thetriallastedfivedays andwas heldbefore U.S. District Judge Alan B. Johnson.

According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, in January 2023, McDougal and Kennard Bouk traveled from Florida to Wyoming for the purpose of passing a counterfeit U.S. Treasury check valued at $560,625 at a Cheyenne bank.

Sentencingisscheduled for October 26, 2026.McDougal faces a maximum sentence of 30 yearsimpr...