Fourth Suspect Nabbed in Massive Fraud Scheme

TYLER (Staff/AP) – Tyler police report that a fourth suspect in a massive fraud and identity theft scheme has been taken into custody. Authorities say 30-year-old Nathan Paul Michael of Malakoff was apprehended by the Dallas Police Department and the U. S. Secret Service. All four suspects have been indicted, and three had already been arrested after an investigation in the Tyler area and elsewhere in East Texas. The probe involved over 6,500 victims in East Texas and losses of more than $100,000 for Tyler-area banks alone. Investigators say one suspect worked at a restaurant and wrongly obtained hundreds of credit card numbers through an access device.