Former Controller of North Attleboro Seafood Dealer Charged with Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud

A former Controller of Ocean Fresh Seafood, Inc. was charged today with engaging in a scheme to defraud Wells Fargo Business Credit, Inc., a division of Wells Fargo Bank NA. United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; Susan Dukes, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation - Boston Field Office; and Warren T. Bamford, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation - Boston Field Division, announced that CHRISTOPHER DAY, age 48, of Rhode Island, was charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud. The owner and President of Ocean Fresh, ROBERT COUTU, age 53, also was charged in the Superseding Indictment. COUTU had been charged previously in a 17 count Indictment with conspiracy, bank fraud, and money laundering. CYNTHIA LAROSE, age 40, of South Attleboro, Massachusetts, has already pled guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and is awaiting sentencing. Posted in: Check Fraud