On April 4, 2025, Deputy Keanan Austin of the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office received a phone report regarding a theft. The victim reported that around 3:00 PM, he began receiving approximately 400 text messages about signing up for various services.

Upon checking his online bank account, he discovered that a check for $4,510.00 had been written from his account without his authorization. While at the bank to report the initial theft, an additional $4,200.00 was withdrawn from his account by an unknown individual in California.

The bank informed him that the unknown subject possessed all of his personal information, prompting him to close the account. At the time of the report, the account was closed, and the victim was monitoring for any further unauthorized charges.