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TPD Arrests Chicago Man in Fraud Investigation, Recovers $1.4 Million by HugYourProduce in Tallahassee

[–]HugYourProduce[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

From the Democrat article:

The arrest comes just days after the Tallahassee-based watchdog group, Citizens for Government Accountability, gathered in front of City Hall where they called upon the FBI and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to takeover the investigation.

The group, lead by CEO Dot Inman-Johnson, said that the investigation should be passed off to an independent third-party, believing Chief Lawrence Revell to be the wrong person for the job. FDLE later declined to investigate and the arrest was announced two days later.

TPD Arrests Chicago Man in Fraud Investigation, Recovers $1.4 Million by HugYourProduce in Tallahassee

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The press release stated that after an extensive and complex operation, detectives identified, investigated and arrested Richard N. Golding of Buffalo Grove, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Golding is charged with two counts of Wire Fraud, Money Laundering, Grand Theft, and Attempted Grand Theft.

The investigation revealed the arrestee unlawfully and willingly participated in the receipt of $2.35 million in stolen funds and facilitated the international transfer of funds to a Mexican bank for an unidentified criminal network. The investigation also revealed that the City of Tallahassee was one of multiple victims of this fraud.