Date: January 7, 2022
Contact: newsroom@ci.irs.gov
The U.S. Attorney's Office announced that the following person was arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty:
Appearing in Billings before U.S. Magistrate Judge Timothy J. Cavan and pleading not guilty on Jan. 4 was:
Royale Jade Ereaux of Billings, on charges of bank fraud, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
If convicted of the most serious crime, Ereaux faces a maximum of 30 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and five years of supervised release on the bank fraud crime and a mandatory minimum two years in prison consecutive to any other sentence, a $250,000 fine and one year of supervised release on the aggravated identity theft crime.
Ereaux was detained pending further proceedings.
The IRS investigated the case.