Seven Charged in Multiple Bank Scam Operation

Seven people are facing charges of bank fraud and forgery in connection to a scam operation that cost local banks more than $20,000, the Richland County Sheriff's Department said Thursday.

Investigators with the sheriff's department's Financial Crimes Unit arrested the following people:

• Terry Daniels, 23, is charged with three counts of bank fraud and three counts of forgery
• Katrelle Breland, 23, is charged with three counts of bank fraud
• Rachade Boulware, 19, is charged with bank fraud and accessory
• Angela Johnson, 22, is charged with bank fraud and accessory
• Courtney Blair, 25, is charged with bank fraud and forgery
• Jamesha Coleman, 18, is charged with bank fraud and forgery
• Dnice Sulton, 18, is charged with bank fraud

Sheriff Leon Lott said in a news release that Daniels, Breland, Boulware, and Jackson would recruit others to take part in the bank fraud and forgery by getting them to open up checking accounts at TD Bank, Wood Forest Bank, and Wells Fargo Bank.

Video surveillance captured the suspects, which aided in identifying those involved in the scam, the department said. 

Investigators are searching for 16 others wanted for bank fraud and forgery:

• Jessica Blake, 24
• Donovan Jackson, 21
• Willie Gilmore, 21
• Percy Campbell, 22
• Sonja McFarlin, 32
• Brittany Gray, 18
• Dale Manaiza, 26
• Shaquia Scott-Skillern, 25 
• Gerald Morris, 51
• Jamar Moore, 18
• Jeremy Robinson, 21
• Cory Johnson, 19
• Robert Alford Jr., 18 
• Makial Lawrence, 24
• Chasity Henry, 25
• Whitney Green, 22

Additional arrests are forthcoming, Lott said in the release.

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