A third arrest has been made as the Columbus Police Department is still investigating a major fraud case stemming from a Navy Federal Credit Union branch.
Columbus police said Curtis Davis, 40, was arrested and charged with third-degree forgery and theft by deception.
Police said their investigation revealed two checks totaling $122,225.98 were deposited into the Navy Federal account belonging to Christopher Upshaw. Upshaw is currently incarcerated in federal prison, according to police.
Police said surveillance footage captured Steven Verrett, a former employee of Navy Federal, and the first person to be arrested in this investigation, depositing both checks with Davis providing the check once.
Police said the other check was deposited while Verrett used innocent customers as cover due to video surveillance.
Money was then withdrawn through cashier’s checks, ATM withdrawals and counter cash withdrawals, according to police.
Police said Davis was recorded receiving cash from Verrett on multiple occasions. Bank records also indicate Davis deposited cash from one of the cashier’s checks withdrawn from Upshaw’s account into his own private bank account, according to police.
Davis was scheduled to appear in Recorder’s Court at 2 p.m. Thursday.
Previous arrests in this Columbus fraud case
Columbus police previously arrested Verrett and Demetrius Redding.
Verrett was the first to be arrested in May and was charged with the following:
- Forgery third-degree (five counts)
- Identity fraud (three counts)
- Criminal attempt theft by deception (two counts)
- Theft by deception (two counts)
- Financial transaction card forgery
- Computer trespass
- Computer invasion of privacy
- Computer forgery
Redding was arrested in July and charged with four counts of third-degree forgery and four counts of criminal attempt of theft by deception, according to police.
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