罗素·塔夫龙·韦瑟松领导的四名格鲁吉亚囚犯因2022-2024年的欺诈阴谋而被判刑,他们使用假警察电话和法庭文件在爱荷华州和其他州勒索受害者。 Four Georgia inmates, led by Russell Tafron Weatherspoon, were sentenced for a 2022–2024 fraud scheme using fake police calls and court documents to extort victims in Iowa and other states.

4名格鲁吉亚囚犯,包括罗素·塔夫龙·韦瑟松,因2022年至2024年针对爱荷华州和其他州的受害者实施多国欺诈计划而被判刑。 Four Georgia inmates, including Russell Tafron Weatherspoon, were sentenced for a multi-state fraud scheme that targeted victims in Iowa and other states from 2022 to 2024. 使用假的执法电话号码和假的法庭文件,他们冒充警察,威胁逮捕他们,除非受害者为据称的法庭缺勤支付现金保证金。 Using spoofed law enforcement phone numbers and fake court documents, they impersonated police and threatened arrest unless victims paid cash bonds for alleged court absences. 这次行动由监狱的韦瑟松领导,涉及无人机将电话送入设施。 The operation, led by Weatherspoon from prison, involved drones delivering phones into the facility. 刑期从36个月到130个月不等,所有刑期均为3年,在监督下释放并支付赔偿。 Sentences ranged from 36 to 130 months, with all required to serve three years of supervised release and pay restitution. 第5名嫌疑人仍然在逃。 A fifth suspect remains at large.