FraudNews
07-29-2013, 10:56 AM
Marvin Ray Thomas, of White Pigeon, has been charged with six counts of mail fraud, after he sent a woman he had met through the Internet $20,000 so she could move to the United States and they could get married.
Even after repeated warnings by police to cease his activities because he’d become part of a phony money-order scheme, he was arrested and indicted on six counts of mail fraud by a federal grand jury.
Christopher O’Conner, assistant U.S. Attorney, said law enforcement repeatedly warned Thomas to stop participating in the scheme that includes mailing counterfeit postal money orders to victims through the U.S. Postal Service. Thomas would get the proceeds and transmit the money to Nigeria.
Upon his arrest, Thomas told police he raised the money and sent it to Nigeria where she “supposedly” lived.
Even after repeated warnings by police to cease his activities because he’d become part of a phony money-order scheme, he was arrested and indicted on six counts of mail fraud by a federal grand jury.
Christopher O’Conner, assistant U.S. Attorney, said law enforcement repeatedly warned Thomas to stop participating in the scheme that includes mailing counterfeit postal money orders to victims through the U.S. Postal Service. Thomas would get the proceeds and transmit the money to Nigeria.
Upon his arrest, Thomas told police he raised the money and sent it to Nigeria where she “supposedly” lived.