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A Utah man arrested last November — whom police said was responsible for stealing mail from thousands of Salt Lake County residents — has been indicted in federal court in connection with stealing mail, obtaining other people's identifications, forging checks and cashing them.

Kevin Russell Humphreys, 35, was indicted on 31 felony counts last week in U.S. District Court, including bank fraud, aggravated identity theft and possession of stolen mail.

Humphreys was being actively sought by police when in November he was arrested for allegedly trying to cash a forged check in Midvale, police have said.

A search of his residence "yielded numerous pieces of mail from victims in cities throughout Salt Lake County," Draper police said at the time. "At least a thousand victims have been identified and investigators are still sorting through recovered mail ... to identify and return mail to victims."

Humphreys has been arrested by Draper Police on two previous occasions for similar violations, and at the time of his arrest had multiple warrants for his arrest, including being a fugitive from justice, police have said.

The federal case alleges that Humphreys has been involved in a scheme to defraud financial institutions since at least February 2013, in which he would obtain identifications — typically through the theft of mail — and use them to forge checks or obtain credit card accounts.

The indictment lists losses to victims totaling nearly $30,000.

Humphreys is currently at the Utah State Prison, having violated his probation in a previous identity theft case.

Prison and court records show he has been in and out of prison since 2002 for a handful of other convictions, including shoplifting, theft by rental agreement and burglary of a vehicle.