Manalapan Man Charged In $530K Check Fraud

MANALAPAN, NJ — A Manalapan man appeared in federal court Wednesday to face charges that he operated a $530,000 check-kiting scheme using stolen Social Security numbers, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced.

Daniel White, 51, of Manalapan, New Jersey, was charged by complaint with one count of bank fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. He made his initial appearance Wednesday, Aug. 23 before U.S. Magistrate Judge Douglas E. Arpert in Trenton federal court.

Federal investigators charge that from February 2015 to June 2016, White opened or directed others to open 413 accounts at TD Bank, using 133 different Social Security numbers, 84 of which belonged to other
individuals.

White then wrote or caused others to write 472 checks totaling more than $530,000 addressed to himself or the owners of the newly opened accounts, knowing that the accounts against which the checks were written did not contain sufficient funds. White and others deposited those checks into the newly opened accounts and withdrew money before the checks bounced.

He is facing 30 years in prison if convicted.