FORT WORTH, Texas (Edited News Release/KY3) – A federal grand jury indicted five men, including a man from Strafford, for their roles in an alleged $220 million nationwide fraud scheme involving purported cattle purchase contracts.
Those indicted by a Fort Worth federal grand jury on February 11:
- Joshua Link of Strafford, Missouri, charged with ten counts of wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and two counts of money laundering, including wiring more than $527,000 to purchase real property
- Jed Wood of Fort Worth, Texas, charged with three counts of wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and one count of money laundering involving wiring more than $63,000 to a lender for “Home Payoff”
- Tia Link of Smithton, Missouri, charged with three counts of wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and one count of money laundering, including…