A 36-year-old was sentenced Monday in a federal court in Sacramento to more than six years in prison for bank fraud and an identity theft scheme.

In a press release issued by the Department of Justice, U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller indicated Matthew Core of Vallejo would immediately begin his sentence, six years and three months, for committing bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, and possession of reproduced U.S. Postal Service keys.

.According to court documents,  Phillip A. Talbert, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California, noted in the prepared statement, that between February and August 2018, Core participated in a scheme to defraud banks in which he and others used counterfeit U.S. Postal Service keys to break into residential mailboxes throughout Northern California.

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Bay Area man gets more than six years for bank fraud, identity theft