Bad operators from Connecticut that defrauded people of some $200,000, some from Wisconsin, have been put out of business and in jail.
US Attorney Timothy O’Shea, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul and FBI Special Agent in Charge Michael Hensle announced on Wednesday that a federal grand jury in Madison charged 26-hear-old Matthew Ramos-Soto of Hartford, Connecticut, with conspiring with others to defraud Wisconsin residents. The indictment charges that Ramos-Soto and his co-conspirators contacted elderly individuals by telephone, falsely telling them that a relative had been in an accident, arrested, and needed bail money. Ramos-Soto and company would then travel the country contacting the individuals and collecting the money. They reportedly obtained $5,000 from a Wrightstown individual, $17,545 from someone in Fitchburg, and $12,500 from another in Hobart, Wisconsin.
Ramos-Soto is now being held in Michigan, and will eventually be facing charges in Madison that could send him to federal prison for 20 years.
Multiple agencies cooperated to make the case, including those from Outagamie, Shawano, Manitowoc, Winnebago, Fond du Lac and Brown Counties.
