FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) — Five Fresno residents have pleaded guilty in a yearlong bank fraud scheme that involved stolen checks worth more than $1 million, federal prosecutors said.
U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced the guilty pleas, which include Zorian Temple, 25, who pleaded guilty to bank fraud today. Davonntae Barfield, 31, Zion Brewer, 40, and Nyric Hinton, 28, pleaded guilty on Aug. 17, 2026. Harry Cooper Neal, 30, pleaded guilty on Aug. 31, 2026.
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According to court records, the scheme ran from 2022 to 2023 and began with Brewer, a U.S. Postal Service employee, stealing checks from the mail and giving them to the other defendants. Prosecutors said the others then recruited bank account holders, or used their own bank accounts, to deposit the stolen checks and withdraw the proceeds.
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