14 indicted for $1M kickback scheme at Junction City call center
Fourteen people have been indicted for a kickback scheme at a Junction City call center involving more than $1 million in fraudulent customer refunds.
A federal grand jury in Topeka indicted Kanesha Mercer, 32, Darius Polite, 27, and Rudy Hunt, 29, on conspiracy to commit wire fraud, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas announced Friday. The jury also indicted Mercer, Polite, Hunt and Veronica Kilman, 31, for wire fraud.
According to court documents, Mercer, Polite, Hunt and Kilman are former employees of Advanced Call Center Technologies (ACCT) in Junction City. ACCT provides support services including processing refunds for AT&T Digital Life home security systems.
Mercer, Polite, Hunt, and Kilman are accused of authorizing fraudulent refunds then directing the deposits into the bank accounts of other accomplices who agreed to return a percentage of the money.
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(Manhattan Mercury)