Ralph Landers, 43, of Denver, Colo. was sentenced to more than 16 years in federal prison this week after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography, identity theft, fraud and other charges.
Landers has been ordered to repay the almost $304,000 he defrauded banks of, and he received eight years of supervised probation upon release.
Authorities became aware of Landers in March 2008, when he attempted to buy child pornography online using a fake credit card. Investigators learned that Landers had tapped 114 bank and credit card accounts using stolen identities and commercial mailboxes he had rented. He was indicted last year and pleaded guilty in February.
Landers was arrested after U.S. Postal Inspectors arranged the delivery of an order for child pornography to a post office box he had rented.
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