A federal grand jury indicted Franchesca Calagui and Dondre Gray, both of Emeryville, California, with conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Between May 2022 and March 2023, they allegedly conspired to obtain stolen Treasury checks, recruit others to fraudulently endorse or sign the checks, and give the checks to Calagui, who, at the time, was a part-time associate banker at JP Morgan Chase Bank. The defendants are charged with devising and executing a scheme to cash at least 339 stolen checks totaling more than $850,000. The VA OIG, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation OIG, US Postal Inspection Service, Social Security Administration OIG, and FBI investigated this case.
