Kevin Sinceno

Charged, not convicted. Sinceno, 43, has been indicted on five counts of bank fraud, one count of theft of government funds, and six counts of aggravated identity theft. An indictment is merely an allegation, and he is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

Introduction

Kevin Sinceno, 43, of Slidell, Louisiana, was indicted on October 15, 2026 for stealing a United States Treasury check and then stealing a victim’s identity to deposit and withdraw the stolen funds — a 12-count federal indictment announced by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana . The check at the center of the case was made out for $36,250, payable to two victims who lived in Nevada, and the unraveling came not from a federal audit but from a single bank employee who caught a fraudulent driver’s license mid-withdrawal .

Background Information

According to court documents, Sinceno obtained a stolen United States Treasury check for $36,250, payable to two victims in Nevada . In April 2025, he used fake identification documents to open a bank account in a victim’s name and deposit the check, then made several purchases and withdrawals of the stolen funds . The scheme broke on an attempted $9,000 withdrawal, when a bank employee caught Sinceno using the fraudulent driver’s license and called the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s Office, which arrested him .

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

The indictment returned October 15, 2026 charges Sinceno on five counts of bank fraud, one count of theft of government funds, and six counts of aggravated identity theft . The statutory exposure is stacked: each bank-fraud count carries up to 30 years of imprisonment, up to five years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $1 million; the theft-of-government-funds count carries up to 10 years, up to three years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $250,000; and each of the six aggravated-identity-theft counts carries two years in prison consecutive to any other sentence, plus a fine of up to $250,000 . U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle reiterated that an indictment is merely an allegation and that the defendant’s guilt must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt .

Public Reaction and Consequences

The United States Secret Service investigated the case, with the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s Office credited for its assistance, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas Moses of the Public Integrity Unit is in charge of the prosecution — a unit assignment that marks the theft of a Treasury check as a public-integrity matter rather than an ordinary bank case . The release ties the prosecution to the Department of Justice’s National Fraud Enforcement Division, created April 7, which the release describes as focused on fraud against the American people in support of the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud . The announcement was made October 21, 2026, six days after the indictment returned .

Current Status

Sinceno, 43, has been indicted and awaits the procedural steps that follow; the release does not describe an arraignment date, detention status, or retained counsel . The aggravated-identity-theft counts each carry a mandatory consecutive two-year term, meaning an acquittal on none of the 12 counts would still stack six years onto any other sentence if convictions follow .

Impact on Their Career/Life

At 43, Sinceno faces a theoretical maximum measured in centuries across 12 counts, anchored by a single stolen $36,250 Treasury check and one fake driver’s license that a bank employee caught in the act. The case marks the two-victim structure of government-check theft: the Nevada payees whose identities were worn to open the account, and the Treasury program whose funds were taken. His name now sits in the Eastern District of Louisiana’s announcement docket alongside the federal fraud-enforcement initiative the release advertises, with a Public Integrity Unit prosecutor carrying the case.

Sources

• U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Louisiana, “Slidell Man Indicted for Bank Fraud, Theft of Government Funds, and Aggravated Identity Theft,” October 21, 2026 — source