New York City Man Sentenced to 18 Months for Multi-State Bank and Identity Fraud Scheme

Due to a multi-state bank and identity fraud operation, a man from New York City has been sentenced to prison time. Following his guilty plea to nine charges of bank fraud earlier this year in June, Archil Grdzelishvili, also known by his alias Archie Longson, was sentenced to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay $140,200 in restitution, according to the US Attorney’s Office.

Acting US Attorney Joshua S. Levy’s announcement and relevant data from the US Attorney’s Office indicate that Grdzelishvili committed offenses in both Massachusetts and Connecticut. He obtained a false Massachusetts driver’s license and used it eight times at different banks between March 9, 2022, and March 16, 2022, to embezzle more than $140,000 from a company’s bank accounts while posing as an executive from that organization.

Before being apprehended in April 2022, Grdzelishvili committed other offenses, such as attempting to withdraw $14,000 from the victim’s bank account using a second fake license that impersonated a Connecticut restaurateur. Before the law stepped in, the identity thief nearly continued his illicit activities on the pretense of this false identity.

To bring Grdzelishvili to justice, the Cambridge and Danbury, Connecticut, police departments collaborated with the US Secret Service, Boston Field Office, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Andrew Murphy. The case was successfully prosecuted by Major Crimes Unit Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian J. Sullivan. These disclosures draw attention to the rising threat of identity theft and the increasingly complex ways that people try to compromise their personal and financial security.

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