What started as a few suspicious credit card charges at a Hall County auto auction has exploded into a criminal case with a head-spinning charge count. Investigators say a Cumming man, Michael Chad Evans, quietly funneled company money into his own accounts and now finds himself staring down 880 felony counts tied to the alleged scheme.
According to WSB-TV, Hall County deputies first arrested Evans on April 16 after Oakwood Arrow Auto Auction noticed financial discrepancies and asked a deputy who worked off-duty for the company to take a closer look at the books. Evans was initially booked on one count of theft by conversion and 36 counts of unauthorized financial transaction card use, with investigators at the time pegging the alleged losses at about $30,000. Even then, authorities warned the tally would likely rise as they dug deeper into the records.
That prediction did not take long to pan out. Investigators later widened the probe and, at the end of May, obtained a new arrest warrant alleging 843 additional counts, as reported by AccessNorthGA. Deputies say Evans used a company credit card hundreds of times between May 14, 2024 and March 17, 2026 and served him with the new warrant while he was already in jail. He remains in custody without bond, and the new counts bring the total to 880 felony charges, local reporting says. If those numbers make your calculator sweat, you are not alone.
How Investigators Say The Scheme Worked
Deputies told WSB-TV that Evans is accused of turning routine fuel stops into a personal payday. Investigators say he used the company card at convenience stores to buy money orders while also purchasing fuel for business vehicles, then deposited those money orders into his personal checking account…