7 North Carolina Suspects Indicted For “Operation Homeless”

Prosecutors say seven North Carolina residents traveled to Brown and Outagamie counties for a scam labeled “operation homeless.”  The seven were arrested and have been indicted for their plan to have homeless people cash stolen checks.  More than one dozen people cashed the checks at banks and grocery stores in Green Bay, Ashwaubenon, Appleton, De Pere and Grand Chute.  Each of the seven suspects faces five counts of financial institution fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft.