28-year-old Texas man Mercele Brooks pleaded guilty to aiding a $1m refund scheme at a Kansas call center.

Texas man Mercele Brooks, 28, pleaded guilty to his role in a $1 million customer refund scheme involving a Kansas call center. Brooks admitted to accessory after the fact to laundering monetary instruments. Four employees at Advanced Call Center Technologies in Junction City processed fraudulent refund claims totaling around $1 million between December 2016 and August 2018. They deposited the funds into the bank accounts of co-conspirators who would return a portion of the money to the employees.

April 11, 2024
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