Five people charged in counterfeit check scheme at SEFCU

Five people have been indicted in counterfeit check scheme targeting SEFCU.

Prosecutors allege that between February and October 2022, four people obtained customer account information from 33-year-old Albany resident Caeshara Cannon. She was a former employee at the credit union, which is now Broadview Federal Credit Union.

The alleged conspirators also obtained personal identifying information of other people, which they used to fraudulently obtain loans from SEFCU and then withdraw the proceeds in cash, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

The defendants are accused of using fake New York State driver’s licenses that contained their pictures but had the personal information of others during the loan application process.

Cannon was previously arrested and pleaded guilty on Sept. 14 to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.

The other four people charged in the scheme are:

— Allahson Allah, formerly known as Gwyn Cancer, 53, of Albany, is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft.

— Evan Cutler, 24, of Queensbury,  is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and four counts of aggravated identity theft.

— Dnauticah Taylor-Sterman, 21, of Albany, is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft.

— Davon Parson, 20, of Troy, is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft.