A retired F.B.I. agent in Texas has been indicted on fraud charges and accused of conning a woman out of $800,000 by convincing her that she was on “secret probation” for drug crimes and needed to pay him and an accomplice for their work to “mentor” and “supervise” her, federal prosecutors said on Friday.
Retired F.B.I. Agent Is Accused of Swindling Texas Woman Out of $800,000
The former agent told the woman she was on “secret probation” over drug crimes and at one point proposed marriage, federal prosecutors said.
William Roy Stone Jr., a retired F.B.I. agent, was indicted on Tuesday on seven counts of wire fraud in Texas.Credit.Larry W. Smith/European Pressphoto Agency
May 31, 2021, 9:27 a.m. ET
A retired F.B.I. agent in Texas has been indicted on fraud charges and accused of conning a woman out of $800,000 by convincing her that she was on “secret probation” for drug crimes and needed to pay him and an accomplice for their work to “mentor” and “supervise” her, federal prosecutors said on Friday.
William Roy Stone, Jr., 62, is accused of using the $800,000 he conned from the woman to buy a house in Dallas, Texas, as well as a Mercedes and a pickup truck.
A former FBI agent has been charged with fraud for allegedly conning a Texas woman out $800,000 by convincing her for years that she was on “secret probation.”