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flag 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.

flag 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. flag 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. flag The operation, led by Weatherspoon from prison, involved drones delivering phones into the facility. flag Sentences ranged from 36 to 130 months, with all required to serve three years of supervised release and pay restitution. flag A fifth suspect remains at large.

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