A Wisconsin couple lost more than $620,000 in a gold scam before deputies intercepted another planned pickup worth $380,000. An FBI affidavit alleges that one of the suspected couriers had already received a police warning about a separate scam when he texted his girlfriend: “Take the gold and run.”
Carissa Snow, 37, and Reese Lightner, 39, are among 10 defendants named in a November 5 Justice Department announcement.
Each faces one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud and another count of conspiracy to commit money laundering in the Northern District of Florida…