PHOENIX — A Florida man was arrested in Arizona earlier this month when he allegedly tried to collect gold from an elderly woman in Phoenix as part of a “phantom hacker scam,” officials said.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona identified the man taken into custody on April 10 as 59-year-old Gary Christopher of Port Saint Lucie, Florida.
Christopher was charged by criminal complaint with conspiring to launder money and made his first appearance in federal court on Monday.
What led to the Florida man being arrested in Arizona?
Prosecutors said Christopher acted as a courier in the fraud scheme…