SHREVEPORT, La. — The Shreveport-Caddo Financial Crimes Task Force is investigating a series of bank fraud cases involving fraudulent withdrawals and allegedly fraudulent identification documents, police said.
Investigators began looking into multiple reports from financial institutions and individual victims in early August. They reviewed police reports, photographs and surveillance footage provided by the affected banks.
With help from investigators from multiple agencies and facial recognition technology, two suspects were identified as Mark Dickson, 55, and Tonya Marie Pratt-Clifford, 47, according to the Shreveport Police Department. Investigators are also working to identify a third suspect, described as an unidentified white woman.
Dickson was already being held at the Caddo Correctional Center in connection with a July 9 investigation by the Financial Crimes Task Force. He was initially charged with resisting an officer and possession of fraudulent identification.
He has since been charged with an additional count of possession of fraudulent identification stemming from a separate incident, police said.
Pratt-Clifford, who is also known as Tonya Marie Pratt, was identified with assistance from the Louisiana State Police Fusion Center as a suspect in multiple investigations involving money allegedly obtained from local financial institutions.
Investigators said Pratt-Clifford was positively identified in connection with incidents reported by multiple local banks.
Police believe Pratt-Clifford and the unidentified woman have left the Shreveport area and are no longer in Louisiana.
Multiple arrest warrants have been issued for Pratt-Clifford on allegations of bank fraud, two counts of identity theft, attempted identity theft and forgery.
Investigators continue working to identify all people believed to be involved in the alleged scheme.
The Financial Crimes Task Force thanked the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff's Office, Alexandria Police Department, FBI, Louisiana State Police Fusion Center, Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division Southeast and local financial institutions for their assistance.
Anyone with information about Pratt-Clifford's whereabouts or the identity of the remaining suspect is asked to contact the Shreveport Police Department.
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