Eight people are accused of large -scale fraud schemes for local credit unions.
Here’s what to know about the case.
Who was charged?
Deandre Mackontee, 25, of Allouz; Demetrius King Jr, 26, from Green Bay; Brad Porter, 50, from Oneida; Trivian Walton, 25, from Green Bay; Cornelius Steele, 28, from Bellevue; Stacy Swille, 42, from Green Bay; Dion Crawford, 57, from Milwaukee; and Shayne Rudolph, 51, from Green Bay.
What are the charges?
Mackontee and King accused of Brown County :::
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Organization of financial crimes, crime.
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Money washing – Consciously receive or acquires $ 10,000-100,000 as a crime party.
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Fraud to a financial institution, worth $ 10,000 to $ 100,000 as a crime party.
Porter accused of Brown County ::
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Organization of financial crimes, crime.
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Money washing – Consciously receive or acquires a crime of $ 5,000-10,000 as a crime country.
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Fraud to a financial institution, value between $ 500 and $ 10,000 as a crime party.
Walton and Crawford accused of Brown County :::
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Fraud to a financial institution, value between $ 500 and $ 10,000 as a crime party.
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Money Was will deliberately receive earnings between $ 25 and $ 5,000 as a crime country.
Steele and Swille accused of Brown County :::
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Fraud to a financial institution, value between $ 500 and $ 10,000 as a crime party.
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Money washing – deliberately receives a crime of $ 5,000 up to $ 10,000 as a crime country.
Rudolf accused of Brown County ::
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Two cases of fraud, a value of $ 500 to $ 10,000 as a crime country.
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Money washing – deliberately receives a crime of $ 5,000 up to $ 10,000 as a crime country.
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Money Was will deliberately receive earning $ 2500 and younger as a crime party.
What happened?
According to the criminal appeal, the Brown County Sheriff’s Office investigated a large -scale fraud scheme for local credit unions. From 2024 October 17 By 2024 November 19 Several members of the Fox Community Credit Union have provided information to the online banking information that are representatives of the Credit Union Fraud Team, the complaint said.
According to the complaint, the Fox Communities Credit Union lost $ 192,195.80 in total after the victims were injured. The Community First Credit Union lost $ 23,144.45 for the same fraud, the complaint said.
After receiving access to a member’s account, the scam transferred the funds to one of the suspects stated in the 27 study, the complaint said. When the funds were deposited, the suspects quickly withdrew or transfer money through ATMs, additional transfers or purchases.
Investigators described the scheme as a “coordinated and systematic attack on many financial institutions” created by the same criminal company. Much of the stolen money was handed over to the “management of a criminal company,” the complaint said.
Based on several criminal complaints:
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Mackontee was the main organizer of criminal companies responsible for credit unions. Mackontee employed Money Mules and fellow fellows through Facebook. He was directed at persons wishing to make a quick money and ordered them to open accounts of FCCU, CFCU and capital credit union “to facilitate unfair financial transactions for one purpose”. Mackontee has retained a large part of the stolen money, usually paying money for the mules a “small percentage”.
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July 10 In the interview with researchers, Mackontee initially denied any involvement in the scheme, but eventually showed her knowledge. He offered him to recruit another man who acted as a mediator between the Chicago organizer and the local organizers.
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2024. October 21 Walton opened a new account via FCCU. The next day, the man was hit by a phrase of a phone, which he thought he spoke to FCCU, so suspicious login to his online banking account. The victim was transferred from his account $ 4,750 to Walton’s account, and on 23 October. Walton removed a total of $ 4,747.61. In an interview with investigators, Walton denied knowing the victim or how the money was included in his account.
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2024. October 23 The king opened a new check account through FCCU. The next day, $ 3,500.10 was transferred from the King’s and King fraud victim account, which withdrew $ 3,504.35. The king told investigators that he was recruited by Mackontee on Facebook. Researchers believe that the king has recruited several other people into a fraud scheme, including Steele.
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2024. October 24 Steele opened a new account via FCCU. On the same day, $ 3,520 was transferred from the victim account. October 25 Another $ 3,501 was transferred from the victim to Steele’s account and Steele withdrew $ 6,039.95. Steele told investigators that he didn’t know where the money in his account came from, but “they said it was a quick way” to make money.
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2024. November 5 Porter opened an inspection account via FCCU. During the next two days, $ 7,100 was transferred from Porter’s victim account. Porter withdrew $ 7,101.11 from the account within a few days. He also accompanied several suspected money mules to open new FCCU accounts. Researchers believe he has recruited other people in the scheme.
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2024. November 18 Swille via FCCU opened an inspection account. The next day, two 3,500 USD transfers to Swille’s were made from the Hmong New Life Church account. From November 18 to 19, Swille took out $ 6,775.73. Swille told the detectives Porter asked her to open an account and said she was pressured to do so.
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2024. November 16 Crawford opened an account via FCCU. November 18 From Hmong New Life Church accounts were transferred to Crawford’s $ 3,500. Crawford tried to withdraw $ 3,500, but the bill was frozen. The money could be returned to the church and did not cause FCCU loss.
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From 2023 Rudolf was a member of FCCU. From 2024 November 20-21. $ 7,000 was transferred from the victim’s account of Rudolf. November 21 Rudolf took $ 690.
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2024. November 29 Rudolph opened bills via CFCU. 2024. December 8th $ 1,410.35 was transferred from the victim’s account, and Rudolph took $ 1,375.
What’s next?
Based on the court’s data:
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Mackontee is detained in Brown County Prison for $ 5,000 deposit and will return to court on July 25th. For the status conference.
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The king is detained at Fox Lake Correctional Institution and returns to court on September 10. For the status conference.
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The porter is detained at the Dodge Correctional Institution and returns to court on July 18th. For the status conference.
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Walton is detained at Waupun Correctional Office and returns to court on July 17th. For the status conference.
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Steele is detained in Brown County Prison and returns to court on September 17th. For the status conference.
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It is planned that Swille’s initial appearance in court on July 24th.
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Crawford is scheduled to appear in court on July 24.
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May 23 Rudolf did not apply to one competition for one money laundering and one number of fraud. He is detained in a Dodge correctional facility serving a two -year sentence.
Vivian Barrett is a Green Bay Press-Gazette public security reporter. You can contact her by email. By email [email protected] or (920) 431-8314. Follow it in X, former Twitter, @vivianbarrett_.
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