TALLAHASSEE, FL – Friday — A 58-year-old New Jersey man is facing a slew of federal charges after prosecutors say he used stolen identities and forged documents to carry out a bank fraud scheme across Florida and South Carolina.

Michael Scott Hillwig of Camden, NJ, was indicted by a federal grand jury this week on five counts, including two counts of bank fraud, two counts of aggravated identity theft, and one count of false use or forgery of a passport. He appeared in federal court in Tallahassee on Wednesday and has been ordered to stand trial this October.

According to prosecutors, Hillwig allegedly engaged in fraudulent banking transactions by using stolen personal information and a falsified passport to impersonate other individuals. The charges stem from incidents that occurred thr

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