Tag: check fraud
Bianca Vieux, Check Fraud, New York 2026
⏱ 2 min read A group of eight defendants, including current and former New York City correction officers, a Texas parole officer, and a New York City Transit Authority employee, have been charged in a check fraud scheme. The scheme allegedly involved depositing falsified checks and producing fraudulent Social Security cards. The defendants, including Bianca…
Andrew Dwayne Johnson, Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft, Montana 2026
⏱ 2 min read A Great Falls, Montana pair, Andrew Dwayne Johnson, 49, and Carrie Jeanine Johnson, 46, were sentenced to prison for stealing checks from their next-door neighbor. The siblings pleaded guilty in January 2026 to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft after law enforcement linked them to a string of forged checks from…
Nazaly Mason Smith, Check Fraud, New York 2026
⏱ 2 min read Nazaly Mason Smith, a 33-year-old New York man, has pleaded guilty to leading a multi-state check fraud scheme that caused over $1.5 million in losses. The scheme, which involved providing subordinates with fake identification documents and stolen personal identifiable information, was carried out across multiple states. Smith, who was originally from…
Josman Romero-Delgado, Bank Fraud and Mail Theft, Massachusetts 2023
⏱ 2 min read Josman Romero-Delgado, a 24-year-old Chelsea man, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, and conspiring to steal and possess stolen mail in Boston, Massachusetts. From June 2023 to February 2024, Romero-Delgado and his co-conspirators stole mail from USPS collection boxes, targeting checks to deposit into their own accounts.…
Jared Post and Levi Skulstad, Bank and Wire Fraud, Alaska 2021
Two Fairbanks men indicted for conspiracy, fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering in a five-year check fraud scheme. Learn more here!
Andre Whitehurst, Check Theft, North Carolina 2022
⏱ 2 min read Andre Whitehurst, 34, a Charlotte-area mail carrier, will spend the next 15 months in federal prison after admitting to a brazen scheme to steal checks while on the job. Between April 2022 and September 2024, Whitehurst pilfered mail, passing the stolen checks to Rashad Lowery and Aaron Grice, who then cashed…
