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Kendal Allen Brown - Lansing, MI charged with Internet Scam
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Kendal Allen Brown - Lansing, MI charged with Internet Scam December 29, Lansing State Journal (MI) — Hundreds across U.S. might have lost nearly $400,000 in online scheme. A 39−year−old Lansing, MI, man has been charged in connection with an Internet scam that authorities say might have defrauded hundreds of people across the country out of nearly $400,000. Kendall Allen Brown is charged with possession of counterfeit
documents, Ingham County Undersheriff Matthew Myers said Thursday, December 28. The 4 U.S. Secret Service confirmed the fraud affected hundreds throughout the country, but an actual dollar amount has yet to be determined, Myers said. Most of the victims were not in Michigan.
The Secret Service is continuing to investigate whether others might have been involved in the scheme. Authorities said victims were contacted by e−mail and told they would receive a fee for depositing money orders and/or traveler's checks into their bank accounts. The money orders and traveler's checks were fake, but banks did not realize it immediately. Victims then
were told to withdraw cash and send it to an address in the United States. Brown sent at least 120 packages via FedEx, authorities said. Each contained an average of about $2,000 to $2,500 in counterfeit checks or money orders.
Source: http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/art...3/1001/opinion
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