An Atlanta man is charged with defrauding a Texas city out of $76,000, the Herald Democrat newspaper reported.
Bobby Demario Riden, 37, is accused of falsely identifying himself as a representative for a contractor hired by the city of Denison and funneling taxpayer funds into accounts he maintained. He was arrested last week in Georgia by U.S. Marshals following a police investigation that lasted nearly seven months, the newspaper reported.
Denison shares a border with Oklahoma, about 80 miles northeast of Dallas.
“The public should know that no personal information of any kind was compromised in this scheme and that the city will be pursuing all available avenues to recover the stolen funds,” City Manager Jud Rex told the paper in a news release.
The Grayson County District Attorney charged Riden with theft of more than $30,000, which is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000, according to the report.
Riden is being held at the Monroe County jail as he awaits extradition to Texas to face charges there, jail records show.
Riden’s booking photo was not immediately available Friday afternoon.
Last month, another Atlanta man was sentenced to more than six years in prison for a bogus invoice scam that cost the central Texas city of Bryan nearly $800,000.
Derrick Ervin, 40, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud after posing as city vendors and emailing fake invoices to the city asking that funds be sent to new bank accounts.
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