SHREVEPORT, La. — The Shreveport-Caddo Financial Crimes Task Force is investigating a series of bank fraud cases involving fraudulent withdrawals and allegedly fraudulent identification documents, police said.
Investigators began looking into multiple reports from financial institutions and individual victims in early August. They reviewed police reports, photographs and surveillance footage provided by the affected banks.
With help from investigators from multiple agencies and facial recognition technology, two suspects were identified as Mark Dickson, 55, and Tonya Marie Pratt-Clifford, 47, according to the Shreveport Police Department. Investigators are also working to identify a third suspect, described as an unidentified white woman.
Dickson was already being held at the Caddo…
This category refers to crimes committed by employees or insiders against their own organizations. It is often the most damaging because the perpetrator has authorized access to systems.
- Asset Misappropriation: The most common form, involving the theft of company resources. This ranges from simple “skimming” (taking cash before it’s recorded) to complex schemes involving the theft of inventory or intellectual property.
- Payroll Fraud: Employees may create “ghost employees” on the system, falsify their own timesheets to claim unworked overtime, or divert salary payments to their own accounts.
- Financial Statement Fraud: Management deliberately misrepresents the company’s financial health by inflating revenue or hiding liabilities to attract investors or meet performance bonuses.