Fort Lauderdale, FL – Police in South Florida have arrested two individuals over the weekend after they were federally indicted on bank fraud charges totaling more than $800,000.
Two individuals, Lacretia Roquel Pratt, 50, and Bennie Ware III, 54, were booked into the Broward County Jail over the weekend following their federal indictment on bank fraud charges.
Authorities allege the pair spearheaded a complex scheme netting nearly $800,000 through forged documents and stolen identities.
A federal grand jury charged Pratt and Ware with orchestrating a multi-layered auto loan scam involving three companies registered in Jacksonville, Davie, and Miami.
According to court documents, the duo allegedly exploited the identities of multiple victims to gain access to their financial information and secure fraudulent loans.
The indictment details allege that in 2017, Ware and Pratt, along with unnamed co-conspirators, manipulated Florida corporate records to add one victim as a managing member of Ride Now, a Jacksonville-based company.