Aneicia Ford, Bank Fraud, Washington 2022

Seattle – A shocking bank fraud scheme has been uncovered in western Washington, involving six people, including 31-year-old Aneicia Ford, who allegedly used her brief employment with a credit union to steal account information of credit union customers.

According to records filed in the case, between May and October 2022, Ford worked out of her Tacoma home as a contact center employee who helped customers with account issues. In that role, she had access to personally identifying information about customers of the credit union.

According to the indictment, Ford passed that information on to 21-year-old Dangelo Roberts, who allegedly used it to access and steal from customer accounts. Roberts allegedly advertised on social media that he could make false identification materials and sought to recruit co-schemers to access victims’ accounts.

The other conspirators charged in the scheme include Shanna Carter-Zanders, 42 of Auburn, Washington; Kohrey Lee Bridges, 22, of Tumwater, Washington; Anthony McQueen, 36, of Seattle; Meghan Frazier, 21, of University Place, Washington.

Using the stolen account information, the conspirators obtained false IDs and used them to get debit cards and to make withdrawals from the victims’ accounts, often at the credit union’s branches. After obtaining increases to the ATM withdrawal limits, the conspirators obtained as much as $25,000 in cash.

The scheme stole approximately $345,014 from the credit union accounts. The charges against the defendants include conspiracy to commit bank fraud, six counts of bank fraud, and six counts of aggravated identify theft.

The case was investigated by the Social Security Administration Office of Inspector General (SSA-OIG) and the FBI. The case is being prosecuted by Special Assistant United States Attorney Jessica M. Ly.

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