OXFORD, Miss.–An Ohio man is going to federal prison for his part in a scheme to dupe Mississippians out of money using email addresses that resemble the addresses of legitimate businesses.
Gabriel Waters, 54. of Chillicothe, Ohio, was sentenced to four years, nine months in prison and to pay back more than $500,000.
Waters was the front man in the U.S. for fraudsters overseas. He was responsible for collecting the money, via electronic deposit, laundering it and distributing the proceeds to the criminal masterminds in other countries.
The scheme did not target Mississippi businesses and residents exclusively. But, he was caught and prosecuted by federal authorities in Mississippi.
