OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma City man was sentenced to five years in federal prison for using a stolen identity and another person’s Social Security number on a credit application in order to buy a vehicle.
Brandon Lee Richards, 36 — who has a history of financial fraud convictions — was indicted in OKC’s federal district court on March 4, 2025, in connection with the purchase of a vehicle from an OKC dealership on Sept. 19, 2024. He pleaded guilty Oct. 30, 2025.
U.S. District Judge Charles Goodwin recently ordered Richards to serve 60 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release. In announcing his sentence, Goodwin noted Richards’ previous financial fraud convictions.
Public records reflect that Richards was previously convicted in the Western District of Oklahoma for uttering and possessing counterfeit securities: He admitted writing several forged checks totaling $9,954. In that case he was sentenced in April 2017 to three years in federal prison and was ordered to make full restitution.
Richards pleaded guilty in Cleveland County District Court to uttering forged instruments in 2008, and pleaded guilty in Oklahoma County District Court to a 2008 second-degree burglary charge. Initially he received a seven-year suspended sentence on those charges and was ordered to pay $1,350 in restitution, but two years of that sentence were subsequently revoked, court records reflect.
Richards was convicted of attempting to obtain property under false pretenses in Oklahoma County in 2010, and seconddegree forgery in Oklahoma County twice in 2013.
His latest case was investigated by the Social Security Administration Office of the Inspector General.