A federal jury in Wyoming has convicted a 37-year-old Florida man for his role in an interstate scheme to cash a fake U.S. Treasury check worth over half a million dollars.
Daniel Keith McDougal was found guilty of passing a counterfeit U.S. Treasury check, bank fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, and conspiracy to defraud the United States. The verdict followed a five-day trial before U.S. District Judge Alan B. Johnson.
Trial evidence and court records showed that McDougal and an associate, Kennard Bouk, traveled from Florida to Wyoming in January 2023 to cash a counterfeit $560,625 U.S. Treasury check at a Cheyenne bank.
Following the conviction, U.S. Attorney Smith warned that distance will not shield financial criminals from prosecution.
“We will not allow out-of-state fraudsters to target Wyoming financial institutions. This verdict shows that no matter how far you travel to commit fraud, federal law enforcement will find you and bring you to justice,” Smith said.
McDougal is scheduled to be sentenced on October 26, 2026. He faces up to 30 years in federal prison, a mandatory minimum of three years of supervised release, up to $1.5 million in fines, and required restitution payments.
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) and the United States Secret Service investigated the case, which was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Wyoming.
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