SALT LAKE CITY-- A sentencing hearing for a Kaysville man who pleaded guilty on charges of bank fraud and identity theft has been postponed for a second time, because of a dispute over how much he owes credit card companies. Matthew Rodney Page, 40, was to be sentenced last week in federal court. He was indicted by a grand jury last March on two counts of bank fraud, one count of wire fraud, one count of access to device fraud, one count of false use of a social security number and three counts of aggravated identity fraud. Prosecutors dismissed other charges in ex-change for the guilty plea.

Page's attorney Todd Utzinger said that by law, interest and late fees, which Page still has to pay, are supposed to be deducted from the amount he still owes, to determine how much time he should serve in prison. Melodie Rydalch, with the U.S. Attorney's Office said that in most cases like Page's, sentencing is continued until both sides can agree on the amount lost, because it affects the sentencing.

Page has paid on bank loans and credit cards he took out using someone else's identification. Those amounts also need to be deducted from the total amount, Utzinger said.

Page has admitted to using the Social Security number and birth date of a Matthew L. Page, 40, of Salt Lake City, to get loans and open credit cards accounts between July 2002 and August 2004. The two men are not related.

He faces a minimum mandatory sentence of two years in a federal prison for the guilty plea of aggravated identity theft. He also faces a fine of $250,000. And, on the bank fraud plea, he could be sentenced to 30 years in a federal prison, a $250,000 fine and up to five years parole.

He was originally scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 12. The third sentencing date has yet to be scheduled.

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