Court documents say the group tried to use fraudulent credit cards to get cash advances from several different banks in Casper, including Jonah Bank, U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo and Bank of the West.
The agent found that on 128 gift cards, the account number stored in the magnetic data strip did not match the number physically printed on the front of the card, according to the affidavit.
Mary Elaine Whitney of Casper was sentenced to six months in prison for wrongful conversion of more than $65,000 of Supplemental Security Income payments.
People saying they're with the City of Casper are calling residents demanding payment of delinquent water bills with a Money Gram or their water will be shut off within the hour.
A Sheridan woman will spend more than four years in prison for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, according to a prepared statement from Wyoming U.S. Attorney Christopher A. Crofts.
A Casper man and his Denver-area business partner have been ordered to stop selling bogus securities that have defrauded more than $11 million from scores of investors -- including three in central Wyoming -- and sometimes lined their own pockets, according to the Colorado Division of Securities.
Krishelle Layton, who made widespread community appeals for her allegedly terminal brain cancer-stricken son nicknamed "Ninja Dorian," was arrested Tuesday and is charged with defrauding donors, according to documents filed in Natrona County Circuit Court...