WHAT A HEEL: Jilted At The Bridal Show
Karen Tucker (AKA Jamie Edwards), was arrested on charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for (allegedly) taking fees from advertisers and exhibiters for a bridal show that was supposed to have been held at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, but using the money for personal expenses, including rent, restaurants and shopping trips to Wal-Mart, reports The Associated Press:
The heavily promoted show promised exhibitors face time with thousands of pre-registered brides-to-be, though few were actually lined up, authorities said. …
Tucker also allegedly conducted scams against wedding businesses in Ohio, Florida, Maryland, Nevada and Texas.
U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz said the scheme cost many small businesses thousands of dollars and had "a large impact, with victims that spanned across the country." …
The FBI said Tucker and her co-conspirator are "in the ongoing business" of defrauding exhibitors at bridal shows and advertisers in bridal magazines.
"They focus on an event or magazine in a geographic area, reap their profits, and when they are discovered, they move on," FBI special agent Scott Durivage wrote in an affidavit filed in court. …
Durivage said authorities believe Tucker and her coconspirator have, "with varying degrees of success," run similar schemes in Columbus, Ohio, Las Vegas, Baltimore and Dallas.
Tucker made a brief appearance in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh on Tuesday. She will be held without bail until a detention hearing can be held in Boston.
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