Investigators have revealed that charges have been filed against 24 individuals for their involvement in a scheme that has resulted in defrauding Pennsylvania banks and their customers of over $3 million.
Attorney General Dave Sunday revealed that a 22-year-old individual named Jeremy Antuan Boria Fraticelli spearheaded a group that specifically targeted individuals who held funds at financial institutions in Cumberland, Dauphin, and York counties.
Fraticelli, a resident of York, along with 23 other individuals, stands accused of deceiving customers by posing as customer service representatives in order to obtain their confidential banking information.
According to the police, the suspects exploited the obtained information to gain access to the victims’ accounts and proceeded to transfer the money into designated funnel accounts. Subsequently, the organization would withdraw the funds and divide the profits among themselves, as stated by Sunday.
Fraticelli and his co-conspirators face charges of corrupt organizations, identity theft, access device fraud, and other related offenses.
Detectives have reported that Fraticelli was identified as one of the six higher-ups in the organization. In October, authorities apprehended Kermith Roldan-Lopez, 39; Juan Woodard Jr., 23; Tahire Reid, 26; Daniel Casiano, 22; and Shawn Chance, 27, all residents of York.
Authorities have confirmed that they are currently in the process of making additional arrests for the remaining 18 co-conspirators.