A Georgia man was extradited to Boulder County in connection with a 2023 scam that cost Lafayette’s Chamber of Commerce and its former executive director $508,725. The scammers also used the chamber’s bank account to illegally access funds from U.S. Treasury checks worth $343,678.34, totaling $852,403.34 stolen.
Dominique Haywood, 32, was extradited to the Boulder County Jail on Monday after he was arrested in Spalding County, Georgia, according to Boulder County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Vinnie Montez and online court records. Haywood was charged with one count of money laundering, one count of theft between $20,000 and $100,000, and one count of cybercrime to defraud between $20,000 and $100,000, court records show.
The scam began in October 2023 when a man, who said his name was Danny and that he was with Chase Bank, called Vicki Trumbo, the former executive director of Lafayette’s Chamber of Commerce, and told her that her bank account was engaged in fraudulent wire transfers and that he needed to help fix that. Trumbo, who left the chamber in January 2024, decided to retire in August 2023 before the scam began…