08/04/2024

Auburn woman and 5 others indicted for bank fraud scheme

Auburn Examiner

Six people were indicted for conspiracy to commit bank fraud, six counts of bank fraud, and six counts of aggravated identify theft – including a woman from Auburn – for their scheme to steal more than $345,000 from a western Washington credit union, announced U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman.

Shanna Carter-Zanders, 42, of Auburn was also charged in the scheme.

One of the main defendants, 31-year-old Aneicia Ford, allegedly used her brief employment with the credit union to steal account information of credit union customers so that conspirators could take over the accounts and steal the funds. The credit union has fully reimbursed customers who lost money to the co-schemers.

According to records filed in the case, between May and October 2022, Aneicia Ford worked out of her Tacoma home as a contact center employee who helped customers with account issues. In that role, she had access to personally identifying information about customers of the credit union.  According to the indictment, Ford passed that information on to 21-year-old Dangelo Roberts, who allegedly used it to access and steal from customer accounts. Roberts allegedly advertised on social media that he could make false identification materials and sought to recruit co-schemers to access victims’ accounts.

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