Georgia Man Sentenced for Fraudulent Check Scheme and Identity Theft

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Suwanee, Ga., man was sentenced in federal court yesterday for his role in a fraudulent check scheme.

Darrell C. Roseborough, 51, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Grey Kays to 204 months in prison without parole. The court also ordered Roseborough to pay $634,806.93 to the victims of the scheme.

On Aug. 14, 2025, Roseborough pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft.

"Today's hefty sentence reiterates the seriousness of this scheme. Mr. Roseborough led a group that traveled far and wide to defraud financial institutions all over the country. The FBI will continue to work hard to ensure financial fraudsters are held accountable for their actions," said FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen Cyrus, Kansas City Field Division.

According to court documents, Roseborough was the leader of a group that traveled around the United States cashing fraudulent checks. Members of the scheme, which included co-defendants Sheldon Samuels, Derrick Walker, and Tambria Davis, used the information of identity theft victims to open fraudulent accounts at financial institutions and cashed fraudulent checks that were made payable to the identity theft victims. Roseborough made fraudulent checks and participated in the production and distribution of fraudulent driver's licenses. Roseborough used FedEx to send fraudulent documents to where the scheme was operating, and Samuels and Walker passed the fraudulent documents onto Davis and other check passers who entered the banks to cash the fraudulent checks.

In 2001, Roseborough was convicted of conspiracy to commit bank fraud in the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina for his role in a similar scheme. "This defendant has repeatedly decided to break the law and engage in criminal activity, and his lengthy sentence reflects those decisions," said R. Matthew Price, United States Attorney.

Sheldon Samuels pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and was sentenced to 78 months in prison on Jan. 21, 2026. On Jan. 27, 2026, Tambria Davis was sentenced to time served after being in custody in the Western District of Missouri since April 2024.

Derrick Walker pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud on Nov. 18, 2025, and is awaiting sentencing.

This case is being prosecuted by Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Bradley Cooper and Assistant U.S. Attorney Brent Venneman. It was investigated by the FBI.