Federal judge revokes Neosho man's probation on bank fraud, forgery charges

A federal judge revoked the probation of a Neosho man during a hearing today in Springfield and ordered him to serve the remainder of his sentenced on multiple counts of bank fraud and forgery.

Online court records do not indicate what Randy Joe Beckett, 40, did to cause Judge Roseann Ketchmark to revoke his probation. He was originally sentenced in 2016 to five years for the bank fraud charges and three years for the forgery charges to run concurrently.

His original crimes were detailed in his 2016 plea agreement:

On June 9, 2014, David Myers filed a police report indicating that he had a box of checks, issued by First Community Bank, stolen from his mailbox on or about May 1, 2014. 

Mr. Myers was advised by an employee of First Community Bank that one of the checks had been used on May 11, 2014 to purchase a Dominos Pizza which was delivered to the defendant, Randy Joe Beckett, at a residence in Neosho, Missouri. 

Mr. Myers indicated that his name had been forged on the check. 

During the course of the next several weeks, multiple checks issued to Mr. Myers by First Community Bank7 were deposited in other individual’s bank accounts through the use of automatic teller machines located in Joplin, Missouri. 

In total, the fraudulent deposits amounted to $7,688.00. Investigators were able to obtain video footage of those transactions. The defendant was identified as the individual making the deposits on multiple occasions.

On March 17, 2015, FBI Special Agent Stacy Moore conducted an interview of Steven Titus regarding the deposits into his bank account. 

Titus stated that he permitted the defendant to use his ATM card to make multiple deposits into his bank account and later withdraw the money from the account. According to Titus, the defendant paid him between $100 and $150 each time a deposit was made into his account.