Portland, Maine:
United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Waddah Siedahmed,
23, of South Portland, Maine, pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court
to conspiracy to commit bank robbery.
According to court records, on November 17, 2017, the
defendant and another person agreed to rob a Key Bank branch in Portland. That afternoon, the other person entered the
Key Bank branch wearing a black sweatshirt, black gloves, black glasses, dark
colored jeans, and what appeared to be a long black wig. The other person also
carried and used what appeared to be a firearm and absconded with $1,721.
Following the robbery, the defendant received a share of the stolen money.
Within hours of the robbery, police located the defendant and recovered from him
some of the stolen money.
The defendant faces up to five years in jail, a $250,000
fine, and restitution. He will be
sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigation report by the
U.S. Probation Office.
This case was investigated by the Portland Police Department
and the FBI’s Southern Maine Gang Task Force which is comprised of agents and
officers from the FBI; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives;
the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s
Homeland Security Investigations; and the Portland, South Portland, and
Lewiston Police Departments.
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