Couple pleads guilty in $40,000 bank fraud case
December 4, 2009
Total Loss:
$40,000
A Lynchburg couple pleaded guilty Thursday to participating in a bank fraud scheme that bilked a dozen banks and businesses out of more than $40,000. Cassandra Tucker, 29, and Robert Joseph Tucker Jr., 20, both of Waterlick Road, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Lynchburg to one count of bank fraud. U.S. Secret Service Special Agent Thomas Fleming testified the couple opened a series of checking accounts at area banks, then made worthless deposits using the checks from the new accounts. The Tuckers then withdrew cash on instant credit provided by the banks and wrote bad checks to local merchants, Fleming testified.
Source:
WSLS-10
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Check Fraud