ATLANTA, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation Atlanta Field Office issued the following press release:

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SAVANNAH, GA: Federal investigators and attorneys halted a fraud scheme targeting individuals' bank accounts and recovered more than $800,000 on behalf of victims in the case.

Southern District of Georgia U.S. Attorney Margaret E. "Meg" Heap announced the forfeiture on behalf of the United States $834,592 from facilitators of a wide-ranging bank fraud scheme involving more than 1,100 financial institutions.

"The Asset Forfeiture Unit of the U.S. Attorney's Office, in coordination with the FBI, worked diligently to locate and forfeit these funds," said U.S. ...