Hyattsville man charged with bank fraud in $1M scheme targeting seniors

MARYLAND (WBFF) — Federal authorities have arrested a Hyattsville man accused of stealing more than $1 million in a fraud scheme that targeted senior citizens, according to the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Authorities arrested and charged Roy Dave Davis, 34, of Hyattsville, with bank fraud. Kelly O. Hayes, U.S. attorney for the District of Maryland, announced the arrest and criminal complaint along with Postal Inspector in Charge Damon E. Wood of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s Washington Division.

According to court documents, beginning in May 2023, Davis obtained personally identifiable information for numerous customers of a financial institution. Authorities say he changed the mailing addresses connected to the victims’ accounts to addresses he controlled in Maryland, then ordered debit cards in the victims’ names and used them to make ATM withdrawals and direct purchases…

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