An Ohio man allegedly used the allures of a romantic relationship to get a woman who worked at a California credit union to open nearly $3 million in fraudulent lines of credit that led to more than $1.2 million in losses, according an FBI cybercrimes investigator.
Phillip Cook, 50, of South Euclid, Ohio, was arrested July 28 by U.S. Marshals and remains in federal custody on a criminal complaint filed by the FBI in California. Cook will be asking a federal judge in Cleveland next week to reconsider his detention and an order to transport him to California to face charges.
In November 2014, Indira Mohabir, 41, of La Habra, Calif., was working as a business loan processor for then Western Federal Credit Union, which changed its name in 2016 to the $2.7 billion UNIFY Financial Federal Credit Union in Torrance. Around that time, she became involved in an online relationship with Cook. Mohabir was charged last year with financial institution fraud, conspiracy to commit financial institution fraud and unauthorized issuance of credit union obligations.
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