{"id":5578,"date":"2025-03-25T16:47:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T21:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio3.com\/news\/?p=5578"},"modified":"2025-03-25T16:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T21:47:09","slug":"fayette-county-man-accused-of-committing-identity-theft-money-laundering-in-scam-conspiracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/uncategorized\/5578-fayette-county-man-accused-of-committing-identity-theft-money-laundering-in-scam-conspiracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Fayette County Man Accused of Committing Identity Theft, Money Laundering in Scam Conspiracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>A Ramsey woman has been charged with being a &#8220;money mule&#8221; within a conspiracy to defraud victims and use their stolen identities.<\/p>\n<p>54-year-old Elizabeth Conrad was the subject of a 19-count indictment and faces one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, two counts of mail fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit access device fraud, one count of access device fraud, seven counts of money laundering and seven counts of aggravated identity theft.<\/p>\n<p>According to court documents, Conrad is accused of serving as a &#8220;money mule&#8221; for other scammers in a conspiracy to defraud victims from at least June 2020 until September 2022. Money mules are people who, at someone else&#8217;s direction, receive and move money or valuables obtained from victims of fraud. 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