A Hammond man has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for leading a bank fraud conspiracy across Northern Indiana.

Prosecutors say 30-year-old Anthony Juan McClendon organized a scheme to alter U.S. Postal Service money orders, negotiating over $120,000 in fraudulent funds.

McClendon, a repeat fraud offender, was also ordered to pay more than $41,000 in restitution.

He is the third defendant sentenced in the case following a multi-agency investigation.