This story has been updated to correct what prosecutors say the suspect did.
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A federal judge in Kansas has sentenced a California man to three years in prison for bankruptcy fraud.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Wichita, Nana Baidoobonso-Iam signed and mailed an involuntary bankruptcy petition to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Kansas in January 2018. Prosecutors say he falsely claimed that one person owed him $630,000 and owed another person $1.26 million.
In March, a jury convicted the 69-year-old man of mail fraud and for making a false representation in a bankruptcy proceeding.
The U.S. Postal Service investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Alan Metzger prosecuted the case.