According to court documents, to facilitate their scheme, Keenan, working alongside other members of the conspiracy, recruited and organized individuals, and obtained their photographs and personal identifying information (PII). The court heard that Keenan and his co-conspirators used the information to create fraudulent IDs that contained their own photographs and the PII of some of the recruits.

Prosecutors said Keenan and others then obtained the PII of at least 28 victim individuals, including their names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, and bank account information. They said they also obtained information of at least 20 business entities, including business names and banking information.

Prosecutors said Keenan and others used the collected information to create fraudulent IDs and checks, and then traveled with recruits to banks in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and at least eight other states to cash those checks.

They said through the scheme, Keenan and others attempted to defraud banks of a total of around $143,000, successfully defrauding 22 banks of a total of around $93,200.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Christine Lowell with the assistance of Assistant United States Attorney Sandra Hebert.

The matter was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations and the East Providence Police Department, with the assistance of the Portsmouth Police Department.