By: Yuritza Arroyo
Federal officials announced that three men from southern New Jersey were charged with negotiating fraudulent checks with forged signature.
According to federal authorities, Eugene O. Koranteng, 30, and Emmanuel S. Yirenkyi, 28, both of Maple Shade, and Misty Sarfo-Adu, 28, of Deptford, are each charged by complaint with one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud.
Court documents state, Koranteng, Yirenkyi, and Sarfo-Adu conspired to commit bank fraud by obtaining blank checks containing the names and account information of unsuspecting customers of a credit card company.
They made the checks payable to members of the conspiracy, forged the customers’ signatures on the checks, and negotiated the checks at financial institutions.
In July 2018, Sarfo-Adu messaged Yirenkyi a photograph of four blank checks with the account information of a customer of the credit card company.
According to federal officials, one of the checks was then made payable to Koranteng for $8,750 and deposited into Koranteng’s bank account.
Officials say another one of the checks was made payable to another conspirator for $8,750 and deposited into that conspirator’s credit union account
Members of the conspiracy also deposited other fraudulent checks using other customers’ credit card account information into the same accounts belonging to Koranteng and the other conspirator.
The count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a fine of up to $1 million.
