Shasta County man admits to $476k vehicle financing fraud scheme

Shasta County man admits to $476k vehicle financing fraud scheme

James Raymond Hanes, 61, of Anderson, pleaded guilty to bank fraud and aggravated identity theft in a federal case tied to a vehicle-financing scheme that prosecutors say used stolen identities and fake driver’s licenses to steal more than $476,000.

Anderson man pleads guilty in $476,000 ID theft and bank scam

A 61-year-old Shasta County man pleaded guilty in federal court to bank fraud and aggravated identity theft in a scam that netted $476,000, the U.S. Attorney’s Office alleged in an announcement on Monday, June 29. James Raymond Hanes of Anderson pleaded guilty to running “a vehicle financing scam that used stolen identities, fake driver’s licenses and fraudulent loans to obtain and resell cars,” U.S. Attorney Eric Grant said in the announcement.…