Denesseria Slaton bank and wire fraud conspiracy case — N.D. Ga., Atlanta

Case summary

Denesseria Slaton, also named in the filings as Denesserie Slaton, waived prosecution by indictment on May 17, 2021 and was charged by information in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, No. 1:21-cr-00179-JPB, with one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1349. She pleaded not guilty at arraignment the same day and on June 16, 2021 entered a plea of guilty to count 1 of the information, which the court accepted. Sentencing was pronounced on June 21, 2022 but held open on the government's objection over an aggravating-role enhancement. On August 30, 2022 the court applied the three-level enhancement and sentenced her to 46 months in custody on count 1, five years of supervised release, a $100 special assessment and $2,412,222 in restitution.

Case at a glance

What was Slaton sentenced to?

46 months in custody on count 1, five years of supervised release, a $100 special assessment and $2,412,222 in restitution, recorded in the minute sheet of the sentencing hearing held on August 30, 2022. The court allowed voluntary surrender no earlier than 90 days from that date, and no objections to the sentence were raised.

Why were there two sentencing hearings?

At the first hearing, on June 21, 2022, the court found that neither an aggravating nor a mitigating role applied and pronounced sentence, then held the proceeding open on the government's objection to reconsider the aggravating-role question. At the second hearing, on August 30, 2022, it found the government had met its burden for a three-level aggravating-role enhancement.

Is there a judgment on this page?

No judgment document appears among the 24 filings on this page; the sentence is recorded in the clerk's minute sheets. The last filing, a PROB 49 waiver dated February 19, 2026, records Slaton's agreement that any restitution unpaid at her release from imprisonment becomes a condition of supervision payable at at least $250 a month.

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