RALEIGH, N.C. – A Fayetteville woman was captured and arrested by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft charges on Monday, February 28, 2022.

According to court documents, Erica Andrea Monique Johnson, Age 27, devised a scheme and artifice to engage in a scheme colloquially known as “card-cracking”, where she made check deposits, often via Automated Teller MachineS (“ATM”), into checking accounts opened using the personal identifying information of unsuspecting victim accountholders.  After the deposits were made, Johnson made point of sale (“POS”) purchases and cash withdrawals against the deposit credit to obtain money during the “float” period before the financial institution recognized the fraud.  The documents allege that between March 2018 and June 2020, Johnson and her coconspirators withdrew and received over $430,000 from the Pentagon Federal Credit Union.

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