Mechanicsburg Man Enters Guilty Plea To Defrauding Credit Union Over Auto Loan |
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U.S. Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Pennsylvania
22 January 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Rene Roy, age 51, of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to bank fraud on January 21, 2020, before United States District Court Judge John Jones.
According to United States Attorney David J. Freed, Roy admitted during this guilty plea that when he submitted an application to Belco Community Credit Union for an auto loan, he submitted falsified documents to get a lower interest rate.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael A. Consiglio is prosecuting the case.
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