GREEN BAY, Wis. — Seven people from North Carolina have been indicted on fraud and identity theft charges, accused of scheming to defraud banks in Green Bay and the Fox Valley. The Green Bay Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office announced the indictment Wednesday morning.
The indictment alleges the defendants stole checks from Wisconsin businesses' mailboxes before altering them, and recruited people from homeless shelters, state probation and parole offices, Salvation Army rehabilitation centers, and bus stations to cash the counterfeit checks in exchange for a small amount of money.
The defendants are alleged to have obtained or attempted to obtain more than $120,000 from banks and credit unions in Northeast Wisconsin.
The suspect list is as follows:
Che L. Simons a/k/a “Che L. Simmons” (age: 28)
Sequoia D. Southerland (age: 21)
Mackel H. W. Gaither (age: 28)
Henry L. Wilder (age: 32)
Fred P. Allen a/k/a “Timothy B. Glass Jr.” (age: 24)
Keith D. Davidson (age: 26)
Deshawn D. Mobley (age: 27)
Together they are charged with five counts of financial institution fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft. The U.S. Attorney's Office says each fraud count carries a maximum of 30 years imprisonment and $1,000,000 fine, while the identity theft counts call for a mandatory two years imprisonment.
