Charged with a single count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud are: Wayne Bessant, 44, and John Gerard Ebert, 42, of Hamilton; Britany Brown, 39, and Patricia Kearse, 46, of Philadelphia; Joseph Graves-Carmichael, 43, of Trenton, Andrew Hooper, 37, of New Brunswick, Thomas Lee, 55, of Beverly, Clarence Semmon, 41, of and Dwayne Reddon, 39, of Trenton; Ryan Small, 32, of Ewing, Shabazz Rouzard, 33, of Ewing, and Raymond Wade, 42, of Morrisville, Pennsylvania.
Federal prosecutors allege that the group conspired to deposit the stolen checks at banks in New Jersey and Pennsylvania from March 2023 to May 2025.