05/12/2025

Indictment Unsealed in Bank Fraud Conspiracy Involving Hundreds of Forged Checks Stolen from the Mail

United States Attorney's Office Western District of Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA CITY – A federal Indictment has been unsealed, charging DERRY LEE DAVIS, 23, ANTAJAUN MONZELLE BROWN, JR., 24, AMAURION RAMONE NORMENT, 21, OLIVERNAESHA OLIEAH WOODS, 21, LORENZO JONES IV, 23, and MATEI LEANN BASS, 22, all of Oklahoma City, DAZJUAN JERAE DEMOND MATTHEWS, 21, of Kansas, and AMARION ADRIONE WHITESIDE, 21, of Texas, for their roles in a conspiracy to steal mail from mail deposit boxes across the Oklahoma City metro area using a stolen United States Postal Service (USPS) arrow key and forge checks found in the stolen mail to obtain cash from financial institutions. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.

On April 16, 2025, a federal Grand Jury returned a 19-count Indictment against the defendants, charging them for their roles in the conspiracy. According to the Indictment, beginning in 2022, Davis possessed a stolen USPS arrow key, which he and other conspirators used to access and steal mail from mail deposit boxes across the Oklahoma City area in search of checks. Davis, Brown, and Norment would then alter information on stolen checks, so that they could be deposited into the bank accounts of other conspirators who agreed to participate in the scheme. In order to find people willing to join the scheme, the indictment alleges that Davis, Brown, and others advertised the scheme on social media urging those interested to contact them. The Indictment further alleges that Matthews, Whiteside, Woods, Jones, Bass, and others agreed to join the conspiracy and deposited or allowed forged checks to be deposited into their bank accounts in exchange for a portion of the check proceeds.