Two suburban men charged after checks stolen from Obama campaign
Source: Chicago Tribune
Bail was set at $100,000 and $75,000 today for two men charged with depositing two checks stolen from President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters into bank accounts they fraudulently opened.
A judge Saturday set bail at $100,000 for Jessie Adams, who allegedly instructed Willard Elam and another unnamed man who remains at large to open up bank accounts at separate TCF bank branches in the south suburbs. Adams is charged with one count of organizing a financial criminal enterprise.
Bail for Willard Elam, who is charged with continuing a financial crime enterprise, was set at $75,000
Cook County prosecutors said Elam and the unnamed man were accompanied by Adams and pretended to be business owners of actual companies that work with Obama's presidential campaign.
Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-two-suburban-men-charged-with-stealing-checks-from-obama-campaign-20120922,0,7185084.story
Socal31
(2,484 posts)You get the bright idea of trying to pull off a bank fraud/identity theft crime. These crimes generally have a lower chance of getting caught than most.
And your target......THE PRESIDENT?
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)zbdent
(35,392 posts)Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)itsrobert
(14,157 posts)This Jessie Adams?
kag
(4,079 posts)Such racism and pure hatred! I really don't understand it.
Did I Just Type This
(77 posts)What kind of moron opens an account with stolen property and then deposits it...seems to me they should have cashed the checks and disappeared...this is a special kind of stupid.