Defendant remained fugitive from justice for more than a decade
January 7, 2025, press release from the U.S. Department of Justice, Northern District of Ohio: CLEVELAND – A Cleveland woman has been sentenced to 32 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to transport and sell stolen U.S. Treasury bonds across state lines, forging treasury bonds, and using a false social security number. According to court documents, Toni Laverne Smith, 71, had in her possession, U.S. Treasury bonds that were believed to have been stolen from the residence of an elderly female in 2011.
The investigation discovered that from about September 2011 to April 2012, Smith and a co-conspirator transported U.S. Treasury bonds, which they knew were stolen, across state lines. They used fake identification cards with…
