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Federal indictment charges 21 in Louisiana bank fraud case

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(NewsNation) — A federal grand jury has indicted 21 people in connection with a bank fraud investigation out of Shreveport, Louisiana.

The alleged fraud happened between Jan. 1, 2021, and Oct. 31, 2022, according to investigators.


The group is accused of using account information belonging mostly to elderly bank customers with large account balances, guided by the belief those customers would be less likely to check their accounts. The accused then made counterfeit checks and deposited them into online recruits’ bank accounts in exchange for money, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of Louisiana.

The indictment, which a grand jury returned Thursday, alleges those charged fraudulently accessed money from institutions including USAA Savings Bank, Chase Bank, and Navy Federal Credit Union.

Four of the defendants are accused of working with employees at the Teleperformance Call Center in Shreveport to access USAA Bank customers’ account information, according to the news release.

They then used the account information to make counterfeit checks drawn on USAA Bank and recruited people willing to have counterfeit checks deposited into their bank accounts in exchange for money, investigators said.

Those charged include:

Defendant NameCharges
Destane Glass, 22, Shreveport, LAConspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud
Sharmaine Jackson, 25, Shreveport, LAConspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud
Elijah D. Brown, 24, Shreveport, LAConspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud
Eric D. Loud, 23, Shreveport, LAConspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud
Arazhia R. Gully, 23, Bossier City, LAConspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud
Zarrajah Z. Watkins, 22, Shreveport, LAConspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud
Maya L. Green, 23, Bossier City, LAConspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud Possession of a Counterfeit Security
Olivia Deboe, 23, Shreveport, LAConspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud Possession of a Counterfeit Security
Tina Marie Bryant, 42, Shreveport, LAConspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud Possession of a Counterfeit Security
Cynthia R. Bryant, 22, Shreveport, LAConspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud Possession of a Counterfeit Security
Trameka McGinty, 24, Shreveport, LAConspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud
Shaquentalas B. McGinty, 25, Shreveport, LAConspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud
Donte N. Larrimore, 24, Shreveport, LAConspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud
Javonte J. Lejay, 27, Shreveport, LAConspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud
Octavia L. Mitchell, 32, Shreveport, LAConspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud
Lakysa S. Barfield, 26, Shreveport, LAConspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud
Shmarrian J. Taylor, 26, Shreveport, LAConspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud
Shamaya S. Pouncy, 26, Shreveport, LAConspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud
Precious Wilbert, 24, Shreveport, LAConspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud Possession of a Counterfeit Security
Kyra D. Washington-Bates, 23, Shreveport, LAConspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud
Rakeydra S. Shepherd, 27, Shreveport, LAPossession of a Counterfeit Security