Category Archives: Wire Fraud
Those threatening scam IRS phone calls? Somebody’s going to jail for them
A Davie woman was convicted last week for her part in an IRS phone call scam, a popular con game over the past few years that tries to sucker people into sending money to scammers. Amy Ahrens wasn’t the phone voice that claims to be from the IRS and threatening the person being called… Read More »
Construction company bosses bilked thousands from Miami-Dade low-income housing, feds say
They allegedly lied to win construction contracts on low-income housing repairs in Miami-Dade, and now the president and vice president of Aaron Construction Group have been charged with bilking the county’s housing agency out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to a federal indictment. Javier Estepa, 47, of Davie and Diego Estepa Vazquez,… Read More »
23 People in South Florida Arrested in “Operation Wire Wire”
At 21, Destiny Asjee Rowland set up Asjee Luxury based out of Sunrise in July 2017. By the end of the month, Asjee Luxury had $1,651,699 in its TD Bank account. By any standard, that’s a lucrative first month for a one-person company that produces no goods or services. The income came from Rowland’s… Read More »
