Feds say Minnesota travel agent s $484K scheme funded his own globe-trotting Paul Walsh, Star Tribune
A southern Minnesota travel agent stole nearly $500,000 in commissions owed to other agents and then used the money to pay for his own globe-trotting, electronics, restaurant bills and ticketed entertainment, according to federal authorities.
Matthew H. Schumacher, 44, of Waseca, was indicted Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis on four counts of wire fraud in connection with the scheme he allegedly carried out for nearly 2½ years until January 2019 as owner-operator of Travel Troops and Vacation Agent Nation.
Schumacher is scheduled to be in court on Jan. 4. He declined to comment Wednesday about the allegations.