A Starke man was arrested after a credit union accused him of stealing over $8,000 through fraudulent bank transfers.
Devin Malik Major, 27, was arrested for fraud-swindle.
According to a sworn affidavit, the defendant opened an account with Florida Credit Union and set up transfers to the new account from a Chase Bank account owned by the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. The council is a New York-based nonprofit.
The defendant then initiated 15 transactions totaling $10,000 from the Chase account to his credit union account. Chase then requested that the credit union reverse 11 of the transactions totaling $7,740. The credit union said the defendant claimed the funds came from his business but could not name the business when questioned about the transactions.
