Two third-degree felony counts of extortion. One third-degree felony count of impersonating a police officer. Four fifth-degree felony counts of theft. Three first-degree misdemeanor counts of theft. Two first-degree misdemeanor counts of attempted theft.
Telephone fraud uses the phone as an assault weapon.
In the wrong hands, it can be just as effective as a gun to your head, Montgomery said. This case is another example of multiple agencies working together to stop these scam artists from stealing consumers hard-earned dollars. We greatly appreciate the time and effort extended by Prosecutor O Brien s office. Barnes and Walter Hunt, also an Orient Correctional inmate, used a telephone scam to con elderly victims into wiring them money by making the victims believe they had a relative in trouble. The money was wired to third-party locations where two Michigan women would intercept the transaction.