Sentence Coming for Organizer of Fraud Conspiracy Targeting N.Y. Credit Union
Allahson Allah coordinates loan applications using the identities of members stolen by a former Broadview FCU member service manager.
An October sentencing hearing has been scheduled for Allahson Allah, who organized a conspiracy to defraud the $9.1 billion Broadview Federal Credit Union in Albany, N.Y., by applying for loans using the stolen identities of members and withdrawing more than $113,000, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York in Albany.
Allah, formerly known as Gwyn Cancer, 53, of Albany, and four other coconspirators obtained member account information from Caeshara Cannon, a former member service manager at Broadview. They used the member information to create counterfeit checks, which were presented for negotiation at Broadview branches, according to federal prosecutors.
Allah pleaded guilty last week to conspiring to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.
Before U.S. District Judge Anne M. Nardacci, Allah admitted that “lower-level members” of the conspiracy applied for loans in other people’s names using fake New York driver’s licenses with their photographs but bearing the names and dates of birth of Broadview members.
He also admitted that the conspiracy netted $113,800 in fraudulent cash withdrawals.
Allah was the fourth defendant in this conspiracy ring to plead guilty, following previous guilty pleas by Cannon, Davon Parson, 20, and Dnauticah Taylor-Sterman, 21, both of Albany. A fifth coconspirator, Evan Cutler of Queensbury, N.Y., pleaded not guilty last year to felony charges of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated felony theft. In April, his bond was revoked for alleged violations of his bond conditions and is now in federal custody, according to court filings. Court hearings for Cutler are scheduled for next month.
In September 2023, Cannon, 33, cut a plea deal with prosecutors and agreed to plead guilty to one felony count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and one felony count of aggravated theft. She also agreed to pay a money judgement of $77,200, according to the plea deal.
Cannon is scheduled to be sentenced in July, court filings showed.
Both Parson and Sterman each pleaded guilty earlier this year to conspiring to commit bank fraud and aggravated ID theft. They are scheduled for sentencing in August, court filings showed.