CONCORD, N.H. — The first of three men who pleaded guilty to being involved in a nationwide identity theft and counterfeit check ring apologized for ‘‘criminal debauchery’’ before a judge in New Hampshire sentenced him Thursday to 3½ years in prison.
Quentin West of Pittsburgh pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for his role in cashing more than $370,000 in bogus payroll checks at Walmart stores nationwide from late 2009 until August 2011, when he and two others were apprehended at the Tanger Outlet Mall in Tilton. Authorities found in their rental car stolen identities of hundreds of people and equipment used to make false ID cards and to print checks.
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NIcd going investigator Micheal DeMeo