MILLERSVILLE, Penn.–Eight students at Millersville University here have been changed in a debit card scam that allegedly cost a credit union more than $40,000.
According to authorities, the fraud involved the students depositing fraudulent checks into an account at the Pennsylvania State Employees Credit Union, and then immediately withdrawing the check funds from those accounts, police said.
Dwayne Wolfe Jr., 23, of York, Penn., was among those charged with access device fraud, criminal conspiracy and making false reports to police, according to Millersville Borough Police. In Wolfe’s case, he had earlier made a false report to police that he lost his wallet and bank information, and that someone deposited fraudulent checks into a Fulton bank account. Wolfe has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of making false reports.
In addition to the court proceedings, each of the students involved will also go through the school's judicial process individually.
Authorities alleged that two students, Quadiar Johnson and Alimamy Sesay Jr., both 21, recruited students to sell their debit cards and PINs with the assurance that they would receive a share of the profits, police said.