TAMPA, Fla.–A woman who is a suspect in a string of thefts at credit unions in the Tampa Bay area has been arrested.
According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, Coretta Bates, 31, who has been accused of stealing approximately $165,000 from the credit unions, was arrested in Georgia.
“Investigators say she baited banks by opening accounts that offered either free lines of credit or account bonuses,” Fox 13 News reported. “They say she used bogus ID cards from North Carolina to get Suncoast Credit Unions to give money to nonexistent people. However, they have not said how many Suncoast Credit Union locations they believe she has ripped off.”
Counterfeit IDs
At that time, deputies said the suspects used multiple counterfeit North Carolina driver's licenses to open numerous bank accounts in the Tampa Bay Area, all featuring one person's picture, to commit fraud, the report added.
Bates was arrested for federal warrants for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.
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