State Crime Reports

Rockford Man Pleads Guilty To Fraud Involving More Than $500,000 In Fictitious Money Orders

ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–February 5, 2015.  A Rockford, Ill. man pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala for producing a fictitious financial instrument that appeared to be issued under the authority of the U.S. Treasury.  In pleading guilty, BRADLEY SHERMAN HAMPTON, 55, admitted that on Aug. 31, 2009, he created a fictitious $48,780 money order in an attempt to defraud Regions Bank and the U.S. Treasury. 

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According to the written plea agreement, Hampton also…

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