SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (Edited News Release/KY3) – A judge sentenced the former owner of Affordable Towing in Springfield to 12 years in prison for mail fraud, identity theft, and money laundering.
Dennis Arthur Cleveland, 76, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Stephen R. Bough on one count of mail fraud, one count of aggravated identity theft, and one count of money laundering. Cleveland received a sentence of 120 months for the mail fraud and money laundering counts that will run concurrently, an additional 24 months for aggravated identity theft that will run consecutively to the other counts, and an additional nine months’ incarceration for his violations of his post-release supervision from a prior conviction for Clean Air Act offenses in 2023. Overall, Cleveland was sentenced to a total of 153 months of incarceration, to be followed by three years of post-release…
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