The Gwinnett County Police Department along with the Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office has indicted two individuals on 19 fraud and forgery-related charges.
Nearly two years ago in August, detectives began to look at Winston Dougan as a potential suspect in a fraud case.
Officials say the case involved a victim in Illinois who was scammed into sending nearly $200,000 from a business email compromise scheme.
The victim in the case thought that the funds were going to a service provider but they instead allegedly went to a bank account belonging to Dougan.
Officials say that detectives uncovered that Dougan used the funds for personal use and sent a man named Mikhail Roosevelt Keize a check for $133,000.
In October of 2022, Dougan allegedly attempted to cash a fraudulent check at a local bank using a fake ID.
Officers were called to arrest Dougan and in the process found multiple forged IDs and debit cards.
Dougan’s phone was seized for evidence and he was booked in the Gwinnett County jail.
Afterwards, a lengthy investigation began. Officials said that they uncovered six fraudulent bank accounts with the total amount stolen being $441,000 between eight victims.
The victims were located in multiple states, including California, Iowa, Texas, New Jersey, Illinois, and Florida from June through August of 2022.
On Wednesday, Gwinnett County’s District Attorney’s office indicted Dougan on seven counts of theft by receiving stolen property over $25,000, six counts of identity fraud, four counts of forgery in the first, and one county of forgery in the third.
Keize was indicted on one count of theft by receiving stolen property over $25,000.
