Public Urged to Beware of Rampant Financial Fraud Schemes
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN — U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that Milford, Michigan resident Kari Melissa Morales, 51, was charged by a federal grand jury with participating in a fraud scheme that attempted to obtain $60,000 from a west Michigan resident in exchange for avoiding arrest and prosecution on a fake “FBI Warrant of Arrest” for a false allegation of “IRS tax fraud.”
“Financial fraud is rampant,” said U.S. Attorney Mark Totten. “Fraudsters comes at us through our devices, in the mail, and at our doors. And they target some of our most vulnerable, especially senior citizens.” …