Couple sentenced for fraud scheme targeting friends, clients

OKLAHOMA CITY ( KFOR ) – An Oklahoma County judge said an Oklahoma couple must pay back thousands of dollars in restitution after tricking friends and family into investing into their shell company.

“Had they’d been better, they would’ve taken more money from more people. Fortunately for us, they were not very good,” said Gentner Drummond, Oklahoma’s Attorney General.

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Drummond talked to News 4 before catching a flight.

His team investigated Brian Kelley Berry and his wife Amanda Berry for tricking friends and clients into investing into their shell company.

“It’s an egregious act of breach of trust,” said Drummond…

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