Krystal Proctor, Stealing Government Funds, Maryland 2013

Grimy Times Exclusive: Former Teller Charged with Stealing Government Funds

GREENBELT, MD - In a shocking turn of events, a grand jury in the District of Maryland has returned an indictment charging Krystal Proctor, a former teller at a check cashing business in Maryland, with theft of public money and conspiring to defraud the United States.

According to the indictment, Proctor conspired with others to negotiate refund checks that were fraudulently obtained by co-conspirators who filed tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) using stolen IDs. Proctor is alleged to have used her position as a teller at a check-cashing business to negotiate and facilitate the negotiation of the refund checks.

The indictment charges that Proctor entered false information into the check cashing business's database, including processing the checks under the names of existing customers rather than the names of the individuals listed on the checks. The indictment further alleges that Proctor recruited another teller to join the scheme, and orchestrated the negotiation of additional fraudulent tax refund checks through that teller.

Between 2011 and 2013, Proctor and the teller she recruited, negotiated more than 100 tax refund checks totaling more than $500,000.

An indictment is merely an accusation, and a defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty. If convicted, Proctor faces a statutory maximum sentence of five years in prison for the conspiracy count and 10 years in prison for each count of theft of public money. She also faces a period of supervised release, restitution, and monetary penalties.

Acting U.S. Attorney Stephen M. Schenning and Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg commended special agents of the Treasury Department's Office of the Inspector General and IRS Criminal Investigation, who conducted the investigation. Schenning also thanked Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Packard and Trial Attorneys Kimberly Ang, William Guappone, and Tom Koelbl of the Tax Division, who are prosecuting the case.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/former-teller-maryland-check-cashing-business-indicted-conspiring-defraud-united-states