St. Louis man sentenced in $1.7M car-buying check fraud scheme

St. Louis man sentenced in $1.7M car-buying check fraud scheme

BENTON, Ill. – A St. Louis man convicted of using fake checks in a vehicle sale scheme was sentenced Wednesday in Illinois federal court. Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Illinois said Valentino Colic, 34, was named in an 11-count indictment in November 2023 with co-defendants Alen Saric, Emad Hasanbegovic, and Almir Palic, all of whom lived in St. Louis. According to court documents, the four men particip…