Two arrested for alleged identity theft scheme

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — An alleged identity theft spree went on for months and now two people are arrested in connection to the crimes. According to the affidavit, the suspects stole thousands of dollars and created multiple bank accounts with fake identities.

The alleged crime spree dates back to January this year.

According to the affidavit, Christen Bowen, opened an account at a City National Bank location on Northwest Expressway by using the identity of an Ohio woman.

Those documents also allege that on the same day the new account was created an "unknown black male" deposited a check for $5,181.13.

In February, authorities said Bowen $4,902 from that account.

Kile Eugene Martin opened an account at a different City National Bank using a Florida man's stolen identity a month later.

Court papers say the same Black male deposited a check for $14,246.40 into that account.

Two more accounts were allegedly created by Bowen using other names at another bank location. The court papers say the same Black male deposited checks there as well.

Although there were multiple accounts created, the court papers allege Bowen was only able to get money out of one of them.

Then in March, four days after the last account was created, a separate affidavit shows Edmond Police pulled over a car with three people inside.

Martin and Bowen were among the three people inside. During the search of the car, police found fentanyl and other drugs along with a fake Texas driver's license, and multiple stolen checks worth a couple thousand dollars. The pair was arrested and later released.

Just a few days ago, Bowen and Martin were arrested again by Oklahoma City Police for the alleged identity theft crimes. Authorities haven't said where the money came from that was deposited into those fake accounts and it's unclear if more arrests will be made.

City National Bank was unable to give an interview on Monday.