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Federal authorities are accusing eight people of orchestrating a scheme that used fake checks to steal $500,000 from New York banks.<\/p>\n

The group deposited falsified checks totaling $3 million into accounts, though only half a million cleared before cash withdrawals occurred, says<\/a> the U.S. Department of Justice.<\/p>\n

Bianca Vieux allegedly led the ring by enlisting others to open accounts for the deposits.<\/p>\n

New York City Department of Investigation\u2019s commissioner, Nadia I. Shihata, says,<\/p>\n

\u201cVieux orchestrated the scheme, advertising her services on an encrypted messaging platform, and solicited recruits to provide their debit cards and bank account information. As Vieux herself said in a text message: \u2018lol I scam the government not human beings[.] I don\u2019t steal from people I still [sic] from banks[.]\u2019 Once Vieux received an account holder\u2019s banking information, she or another co-conspirator would deposit a falsified check into their account. If it cleared, the accountholder would travel to Queens to make large cash withdrawals in person at various bank branches.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Participants in the fraudulent scheme spent the proceeds on luxury goods, plastic surgery, trips, among other things.<\/p>\n

Two additional former New York jail guards had already entered guilty pleas in the Brooklyn federal case.<\/p>\n

Other defendants face charges for helping produce fake documents used in the fraud.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors allege the defendants exploited their positions and networks to build the multi-million-dollar operation through deception and forged instruments.<\/p>\n

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