Five people have been indicted on federal charges involving an elder fraud scheme.

The indictments were announced Wednesday by Northern District of Alabama U.S. Attorney Prim Escalona and FBI Special Agent in Charge Carlton L. Peeples.

Those charged are Mykia Henderson, 32, of Moody; Cynthia H. Mixon, 50, of Fairfield; Corey Webb, 44, of Moody; Whitney Wallace, 33, of Birmingham; and Shakira English, 23, of Birmingham.

The indictments were handed down between January and March.

A 12-count indictment against Henderson, Moody and Webb was handed down in March, charging them with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

The alleged crimes happened between December 2020 and February 2022.

According to the indictment, Mixon and Henderson, who are mother and daughter, were the caretakers for the elderly victim. Webb was Henderson’s husband.

The trio, authorities said, devised a scheme to defraud the victim by charging the victim’s credit cards through accounts set up by Square, Inc. and Stripe, Inc.. They are accused of issuing checks to themselves drawn on the victim’s bank accounts and transferring the funds they received to their own personal bank accounts.

Wallace was also charged in March with wire fraud.

Wallace, documents state, was the elderly victim’s house cleaner.

Between December 2021 and March 2022, Wallace stole the victim’s credit card information and continued using the card to make purchases for personal items after she stopped working for the victim, according to the indictment.

Wallace used the fraudulently obtained credit card information to buy items from Amazon.com, Target.com, and DoorDash in the amount of approximately $43,227.12.

In January, English was charged in an 11-count indictment with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft.

English was a hairdresser.  She maintained a payment-processing account with Square, Inc. that she would use to charge customers’ credit or debit cards for payment.

Between May 2020 and October 2021, English used her Square, Inc. account to fraudulently charge the victim’s credit cards over $130,000 and then transferred the funds into her personal bank account.

The Mountain Brook Police Department and FBI investigated the case.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan S. Rummage is prosecuting.

The maximum penalty for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and for wire fraud is 20 years in prison.  The mandatory minimum sentence for aggravated identity theft is two years.