Additional Arrests Made in Local Bank Scam

Richland County Sheriff's investigators arrested seven additional people they say were involved in a local bank scam operation.

Sheriff Leon Lott said in a release that family and friends convinced the suspects to turn themselves in after the department released information about the scam to the media. 

Investigators say the leaders of the operation would recruit others to take part in the scam by getting them to open up checking accounts at TD Bank, Wood Forest Bank, and Wells Fargo Bank.

The scam cost the banks more than $20,000, the department said.

Those arrested include the following:

• Makail Lawrence, 24, charged with accessory after the fact
• Jamar Moore, 18, charged with accessory after the fact
• Jeremy Robinson, 21, charged with accessory after the fact
• Chasity Henry, 25, charged with bank fraud
• Willie Gilmore, 21, charged with bank fraud
• Shaquia Scott, 25, charged with accessory after the fact
• Jessica Blake, 25, charged with accessory after the fact

Police are still searching for the following suspects wanted for bank fraud and forgery:

• Donovan Jackson, 21
• Percy Campbell, 22
• Brittany Gray, 18
• Dale Manaiza, 26
• Gerald Morris, 51
• Robert Alford Jr., 18
• Whitney Green, 22
• Sonja McFarlin, 32

Anyone with information about the alleged scam operation should call Crimestoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC.