Prosecutors say a Weston man stole over a quarter-million dollars from central Wisconsin businesses by posing as a FedEx employee who needed payment before he could deliver packages.
Moises Amezcua-Cardenas, 20, appeared Tuesday morning via Zoom for a preliminary hearing in Marathon County Circuit Court. He faces charges of being a party to the crimes of theft by false representation of more than $10,000 and more than $100,000 and laundering more than $100,000.
Marathon County Circuit Judge Suzanne O'Neill determined there was enough evidence for the case to continue.
Wausau Police Detective Nate Stetzer testified during Tuesday's hearing that on Nov. 16, an employee at The Store gas station in Stevens Point received a call from someone claiming to be from FedEx. The caller told the employee he needed payment in order to deliver a shipment.