Stolen mail fueled $1.5M bank fraud scheme in Twin Cities

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A Chicago man and five others have been indicted on charges of running a scheme that stole more than $1.5 million from businesses by cashing stolen checks at Twin Cities banks.

Willie Roy Turner Jr., 29, of Chicago, is the lead defendant in the case. A grand jury indicted him and five co-conspirators on June 26.

Turner Jr. faces charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to commit mail fraud. The other defendants include Marc Anderson, Billy Ray Cameron Jr., Devontay Colbert, Dontae Williams, and Takiya Shemwell, all from Chicago…

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