ST. HELENS, Ore.—Federal prosecutors here have charged the former leader of an association of cannabis retailers with attempting to defraud a dozen credit unions and one bank.
Nicholas J. Saulsberry, 30, the former president of the Oregon Retailers of Cannabis Association, has been accused of bank and mail fraud for opening bank and credit accounts using the identification of other people, according to federal court documents.
The court documents do not seem to indicate the accusations have anything to do with his work with the Oregon Cannabis Retailers Association or the Eugene marijuana retail store he was associated with: Meg’s Marijuana, according to KOIN 6.
Federal prosecutors stated that Saulsberry “fraudulently obtained Social Security numbers, dates of birth, driver’s license numbers and other personal identifiable information … that belonged to others” from January 2014 to July 2016 while he lived in Oregon and Texas.
According to documents, Saulsberry used debit and credit cards to unlawfully withdraw funds and provided others with “fraudulently-obtained debit cards for use in withdrawing funds from bank accounts,” according to KOIN 6.
Among the credit unions and one bank allegedly victimized, involved, according to court documents, are First Tech Federal Credit Union, America’s Christian Credit Union, Chartway Federal Credit Union, Connexus Credit Union, Generations Federal Credit Union, NASA Federal Credit Union, Northwest Federal Credit Union, Oregon Community Credit Union, Randolph Brooks Federal Credit Union, Regions Bank, Stanford Federal Credit Union, State Department Federal Credit Union, and Unitus Credit Union.”