AMARILLO, Texas—The attorney for a New Mexico man who sent threatening letters containing suspicious powder to dozens of banks and federal offices says his client will spend four years in prison.
Richard Goyette said he mailed the letters in October as part of “economic warfare.” He was sentenced to 3 years, 10 months on each of two counts Thursday in a Texas federal court.
He also was fined $5,000.
Goyette attorney Brooks Barfield Jr. says the sentences will run concurrently.
Goyette pleaded guilty in March to one count of threats and false information and one count of threats and hoaxes.
Some of the letters went to Chase Bank locations in Colorado, Arizona, Illinois, New Jersey, Oklahoma and Ohio.
He sent others to the FDIC and thrift supervision offices.
