Brothers Justin and Jonquel Walker accused of hacking phone lines in large credit card fraud scheme

Atlanta police arrested two brothers accused of running an identity theft operation that scored them a quarter of a million dollars.

Officers believe they will make more arrests in the case involving credit cards and phone lines.

Detectives told Channel 2’s Tyisha Feandes the brothers arrested the brothers for opening fake accounts. They also allegedly hacked into victims’ phone lines to finish the job.

"They were able to manipulate loans, take over existing accounts, make withdrawals from existing accounts and open new accounts," Sgt. Paul Cooper said.

Justin and Jonquel Walker have been arrested dozens of times for fraud, but they keep bonding out of jail.

Police said the duo used Inteet apps to steal a quarter of a million dollars.

"Once they had control of the app, they can control your phone, so then they would go into financial institutions or call credit card companies and order, or try to open new accounts," Cooper said.

A hotel manager noticed the brothers tossing bags into a construction dumpster, which sparked the investigation.

In the bags, there were documents with names and personal information on them.

”When the bank or institution would call your number to verify, the phone would ring to the bad guy. They would have control over your phone, Cooper.

A victim, who wants to hide her identity, was on those documents. She called her credit card company and found out that the brothers allegedly ordered a credit card linked to her account and already got away with $3,000.

"We work hard to make a living, and all of a sudden to have somebody just randomly take it or whatever is really a violation for us," the victim said.