When I'm talking to bankers and other fraud fighters, I often mention how easy it is for a criminal to obtain a Drivers License bearing any information they desire.
In the new case, Brianna Mills, a 28-year old bank teller in Loganville, Georgia would pass bank information to her boyfriend Stanley Desirade, of Lanham, Maryland.
At least 25 customers data was used to create at least 100 fake identification documents which were then used to steal $660,082 from the bank customers.
Desmond's primary role in this case was also to create identity documents to be used in a variety of frauds.
In that earlier case, Nkwenya opened shell companies in Georgia in the names JBS Commercial LLC, Raissen Group LLC, and Danyvails Entertainment LLC. He then opened bank accounts at Bank of America, Wells Fargo Bank, PNC Bank using fake drivers licenses, including one in the name Jada Kingston and a Georgia Driver's License in the name Harold Ball.
Biliamin Fagbewesa of South Carolina - used a stolen identity to open bank accounts in the name of his shell company, Matadam Medical Equipments, and receive $1.4 Million in proceeds from Medicaid.
He had a Delaware driver's license with his likeness and a stolen identity's data which he used to open accounts at First Citizens, Truist, Wells Fargo, and TD Bank, and used those accounts to receive both Medicaid fraud funds, and Business Email Compromise funds.
Patrick Ndong-Bike of Atlanta, Georgia - used false Tennessee driver's licenses in the names and contact details of John Arino, Kendrick Odom, and Michael Pulliam, but bearing his image, to open shell companies and then bank accounts for those companies at Regions Bank, Bank of America, Wells Fargo Bank, JPMorgan Chase Bank, and Truist.
He used these accounts to receive at least $2,400,000 from multiple Medicare fraud and Business Email Compromise fraud victims.
These included a BEC scheme against a hospital in Ohio where a $754,136 Medicare payment was redirected to Ndong-Bike's accounts instead. Cory Smith of Atlanta, Georgia - opened bank accounts using false identities and received and laundered at least $57,000 in funds from a BEC scheme against a private company.
Chisom Okonkwo of Atlanta, Georgia - received at least $830,000 in BEC fraud schemes, withdrawing at least $535,000 and laundering it through a variety of methods, as well as purchasing herself a luxury automobile with some of the funds.
She created alias identities in the names Patrician Young, Desirey Aguilar, Stacy Jack, Lisa Larkin, and Janice Peck, as well as stealing the identities of two real individuals from New Jersey and California and using false driver's licenses to access their accounts.
She created several shell companies, based in Lawrenceville, Georgia, including A[]Jewelry and Crystals, Young Interior Design, and Larkin Interior Innovation and opened bank account in the names of her aliases and companies at Truist, SunTrust, and Regions Bank.
These accounts were used to receive the proceeds of multiple BEC victims, including an automative company in Texas whose payments were diverted to Okonkwo's accounts on three occasions for $268,868, $100,000, and $45,000.
In a real estate mortgage loan based on patently false information and forged documents, including false W-2 documents and false bank statements.
Trion Thomas of Stone Mountain, Georgia - used false identities to open bank accounts which were used to received $93,000 in Medicare payments that were diverted in a BEC fraud scheme.
Malachi Mullings of Sandy Springs, Georgia - used false identities to create companies and open bank accounts which were used to receive and launder millions of dollars from BEC and Romance Scam programs, including BEC schemes against two state Medicaid programs.
In one situation, a Romance Scam victim sent a $200,000 Cashier's Check to Mullings which was then used as part of the payment for a 2017 Ferrari 488 Spider which Mullings purchased in Atlanta.
These accounts were used to receive funds from BEC Scams, including scams against Medicaid and Medicare, as well as funds from Romance Scam victims.
Sauveur Blanchard of Richmond, Virginia - used false identities to create multiple shell companies to receive funds stolen from Medicaid programs via BEC schemes.
This Cyber News was published on garwarner.blogspot.com. Publication date: Sat, 10 Feb 2024 23:43:04 +0000