Mail Theft: Four Jersey Men Charged with Check Fraud

Four South Jersey Men Charged with Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud.Photo byMorristown Minute

Accused of Negotiating Fraudulent Checks Stolen from the Mail

NEW JERSEY – Four men from southern New Jersey have been charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, as announced by U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger.

The accused, Tracy Felder-Carter, 23, of Blackwood; Dante Ford, 28, of Pennsauken and Sewell; Quamell Keyes-Griffin, 21; and Donovan Bunch, 22, both of Sicklerville, are scheduled to appear before U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth A. Pascal.

According to court documents, the defendants conspired to commit bank fraud by negotiating fraudulent checks stolen from the U.S. mail.

The scheme involved altering the stolen checks to increase their value and changing the payee's name to a conspirator or another recruited individual. The altered checks were then deposited and the funds were withdrawn before the banks could detect the fraud.

The conspiracy allegedly involved hundreds of checks, each worth several thousand dollars, negotiated at banks across southern New Jersey and beyond.

The charge of conspiracy to commit bank fraud carries a maximum potential penalty of 30 years in prison and a fine of up to $1 million.

The defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

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