After receiving the debit or credit cards, he then used them to withdraw funds via ATMs. Over the web, he transferred funds from one account to another account in some instances.

Federal agents found more than $19,000 in cash including $2,000 in coin and crumpled bills that were scattered around his apartment floor, on countertops and in a garbage bag in Saulsberry's car.

Although court documents in this case do not refer to the Oregon Cannabis Retailers Association or the Eugene marijuana store he was associated with, Saulsberry was quoted in a 2015 Yahoo finance news article about the challenges of running a pot shop. According to the article, Saulsberry claimed he invested about $400,000 in profits from his day trading activities into his marijuana store and complained that business had been sluggish.

Even though the OCRA acknowledged Saulsberry had been president of the organization, it severed ties with him once the criminal charges surfaced in June. OCRA had no involvement in the case.

The credit unions that were victimized by Saulsberry's scheme, according to court documents, included the $11 billion First Tech FCU in Mountain View, Calif., the $360 million America's Christian CU in Glendora, Calif., the $2.1 billion Chartway FCU in Virginia Beach, Va., the $1.7 billion Connexus CU in Wausau, Wis., the $10 million Generations FCU in LaPorte, Ind., the $2.2 billion NASA FCU in Upper Marlboro, Md., the $3.3 billion Northwest FCU in Herndon, Va., the $1.6 billion Oregon Community CU in Eugene, the $8.6 billion Randolph-Brooks FCU ins Live Oak, Texas, the $2.2 billion Stanford FCU in Palo Alto, Calif., the $1.8 billion State Department FCU in Alexandria, Va., and the $1 billion Unitus Community CU in Portland.

Saulsberry also targeted the $126 billion Regions Bank in Birmingham, Ala.