Two Atlanta men are facing federal fraud charges after prosecutors say they impersonated a Detroit trucking company to obtain fuel cards, then used them to buy gas across 23 states without ever paying the bill. The unpaid balance, including accrued interest, reached $760,320.19, according to the indictment against Zachary Walker and Mario Bailey.
A federal grand jury indicted Walker and Bailey on Sept. 23 on charges of trafficking in an unauthorized access device, wire fraud, and mail fraud, according to MLive. Both men are listed as Atlanta residents. The indictment outlines how Bailey allegedly assumed the identity of the owner of Voyager Express Inc., a Detroit-based interstate motor carrier and logistics provider, in August 2025.
How the Scheme Allegedly Unfolded
Court documents described in the MLive report say Walker rented a unit at the Jeffersonian Apartments at 9000 E. Jefferson Ave. in Detroit in July 2025. The following month, Bailey allegedly submitted a credit application to Coyne Oil & Propane, the Mount Pleasant-based fuel supplier, using a fake email address containing “voyagerexpress” that the real company never authorized or knew about.
Coyne Oil approved that credit application in September 2025 and mailed eight fuel cards to Walker’s Detroit apartment, per the indictment detailed by the station’s report. Apartment staff later granted Bailey access to Walker’s unit at Walker’s request, and Bailey retrieved the fuel cards from the apartment on Sept. 13, 2025, according to the same account.
Fuel Purchases Spanned Nearly Two Dozen States
Once in hand, the cards were used to buy fuel in 23 states through January, the indictment states. Coyne Oil never received payment for a single purchase, and the unpaid balance, swollen by accrued interest, ballooned to $760,320.19…