California Man Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison for Multi-State Identity Theft and Bank Fraud Ring Charges
TUCSON, Ariz. / Friday, January 30, 2026 – Muhammed Drammeh, 30, of Huntington Beach, California, was sentenced on Jan. 27, 2026, by U.S. District Judge Angela M. Martinez to 37 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Drammeh previously pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud.
The defendant and his co-conspirators engaged in a bank fraud and identity theft scheme that targeted individuals and banks in Arizona, Colorado, and California. The co-conspirators unlawfully and without authorization used victims’ personal identifying information and fraudulent identifications to open phony business accounts linked to the victims’ legitimate bank accounts. The two then transferred the victims’ funds from the victims’ legitimate bank accounts to the phony business bank accounts created and controlled by the co-conspirators. Once the victims’ funds were transferred to the phony business accounts, the co-conspirators withdrew the fraudulently obtained proceeds in cash at financial institutions and casinos.
Drammeh recruited other co-conspirators to impersonate victims using stolen identities and provided them fake identifications to further the scheme. Drammeh supervised at least one or more co-conspirators when they opened fraudulent accounts in victims’ names and withdrew the funds from banks and casinos.
The FBI, Tucson office, conducted the investigation in this case. The U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Arizona, Tucson, Financial Crimes and Public Corruption Unit, handled the prosecution.
CASE NUMBER: CR-24-00927-AMM-MSA
RELEASE NUMBER: 2026-012_DRAMMEH
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Source: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona
