A bank fraud scheme in New York has resulted in thirteen people being charged with stealing more than $1 million in checks from the mail.
The system was based on the blocking of checks through a corrupt employee who was bribed, he says Office of the US Attorney for the Northern District of New York.
Checks were deposited or cashed at various financial institutions, harassing residents, businesses, and banks across the country.
According to the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York, the main defendant, Jahquel Robertson, received more than $1 million in stolen checks from the mail by bribing a US Postal Service (USPS) employee.
“A USPS employee provided Mr. Robertson with checks that were mailed to or mailed to individuals and businesses in the Northern District of New York. The indictment alleges that Mr. Robertson and his co-conspirators used the personal identification and banking information of those involved in the scheme to attempt to create fraudulent checks made to appear as stolen U.S. currency.”
Fourteen indictments indicted those involved in bank fraud and other crimes related to a massive operation that diverted more than a million dollars and harmed communities.
The scam used email vulnerabilities to extort money directly from accounts and payments to legitimate recipients.
The victims were honest people and businesses whose checks did not reach their destination, resulting in huge financial losses.
The thirteen counts of bank fraud charged in the indictment carry a maximum sentence of thirty years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine.
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