ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A Virginia man is behind bars, and police are searching for more suspects after a group allegedly defrauded a church out of more than $60,000, according to the Troup County Sheriff’s Office.
Samuel Opoku of Fairfax County, Virginia, faces charges of money laundering, theft by taking, initiation of deceptive commercial email and five counts of identity fraud. He was arrested by Virginia State police on Nov. 22 and extradited to Troup County on March 10.
Authorities believe Opoku was part of a group that impersonated financial advisors with a real company, using fake email accounts to misdirect funds into a business account. They then transferred the money into more accounts using stolen identities, Troup County deputies said…