The following was taken from a press release distributed by the Gwinnett County Police Department on December 6, 2023:
Update: The suspects who facilitated the $250,000 fraud were identified as Carlos Garcia (50, Marietta) and John Barber (59, Dunwoody). Detectives noticed another large fraud at the same Bank of America had taken place on May 5, in which $170,000 was fraudulently obtained, by a suspect later identified as Tyler Felty (32, Goshen, Indiana).
Felty had transferred the fraudulently obtained funds to an account belonging to Mercedes Watson (33, Morrow). During the investigation, it was determined that the two thefts were coordinated by the same individual, Mathaniel Worthy (34).
Security footage, digital evidence, and statements made during interviews with the suspects’, showed Worthy was coordinating, transporting, and facilitating the thefts and money laundering. Each of the individuals involved in the investigation participated in racketeering activity for the purpose of furthering the criminal enterprise.
