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.
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