A Jackson man will spend just over two years behind bars for depositing counterfeit checks using another person’s identity at a local bank.
Anthony Craig Myrick, 45, of Jackson opened an account at BankPlus in September 2022 using someone else’s identity, court documents reveal. Myrick received several $500 checks he knew to be counterfeit from his co-defendant, Ronald Gardner.
Gardner and Myrick deposited several of the fraudulent checks in the account at various BankPlus branches in the Jackson metro area and withdrew the cash before the checks were determined to be counterfeit. Myrick was ordered to pay restitution to BankPlus as part of his sentence.
Both Gardner and Myrick were indicted by a federal grand jury last August. Myrick pleaded guilty on October 17, 2023, and Gardner pleaded guilty on February 2, 2024. Gardner is scheduled to be sentenced on May 2 and faces a maximum penalty of 32 years in prison.
The U.S. Secret Service and Rankin County Sheriff’s Office investigated the case.
