Bibb deputies arrest 22 people in connection with Middle Georgia check fraud conspiracy
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include more arrests.
Bibb County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 22 people in connection with a fraud investigation involving false lawsuit settlement claims.
Representatives of Elite Pre-Settlement LLC, a company that provides cash advances to peopled involved in civil litigation, contacted the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office in mid-October to report a “large, undisclosed” amount of money had been stolen via fraud.
According to a sheriff’s office press release, now-former Ken Nugent Law Firm employee Jennifer Croom Denton, 37, has been accused of leading the scheme, making false settlement claims to obtain checks from Elite Pre-Settlement. Others would then reportedly cash the fraudulently obtained checks.
The following individuals have been arrested and charged in connection with the investigation:
- Jennifer Croom Denton, 37
- Ty’ceanna Brown, 26
- Brittan Goolsby, 36
- Essie Hargrove, 56
- Tamica Howard, 38
- Jakaylin Lucas, 21
- Markessa Lucas, 36
- Evette Oliver, 59
- Shenita Rainey, 57
- Tequandra Singletary, 39
- Eatasha West, 49
- Timothy West, 30
- Tykita Curtis, 40
- Doris Harris, 39
- Eugenia McCrary, 40
- Sonya Wynes, 58
Soneisha Wynes, 27
Aaliyah Henderson, 28
Lauren Hollingshed, 20
Ny’Kirrea Hawkins, 22
Keon Hoges, 20
Raquel Lawrence, 38
This story was originally published November 3, 2023 at 2:09 PM.
