Evansville, IN – According to the police officials, investigators at the EPD Financial Crimes Unit reportedly discovered a pattern with multiple cases that had similarities.
The detectives learned that several suspects were coming into Evansville and targeting the unhoused population.
The suspects would offer new clothes, phones, or money to these individuals in exchange for them to cash fraudulent checks.
The suspects would drive into Evansville, steal checks from local businesses, and alter the checks.
They would then find a local individual and entice them into cashing the check. Once the suspects got the money, they would leave town again.
Daniel Ravellette was arrested at a local bank for cashing a fraudulent check.
Kalil Smith and James Thacker were located and arrested in Evansville.
They were both charged with fraud and transported to the Vanderburgh County Confinement Center.
