DALLAS (1080 KRLD) - A retired FBI agent is indicted for allegedly scamming a woman out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The Justice Department says William Roy Stone Jr., 62, convinced a Granbury woman in 2015 that she was on “secret probation” for drug crimes in “Judge Anderson’s Court” in Austin.
In the judicial system, there is no such thing as “secret probation,” and there is no Judge Anderson in Austin.
Stone gave the woman a series of conditions, including reimbursing him for expenses incurred; and that if she didn’t comply, she risked imprisonment and the loss of her children.
Stone ultimately convinced her to pay him about $800,000, which he used to buy cars and a house.
The Justice Department says at one point, Stone proposed to marry the woman, claiming he would seek a discharge of her probation.
Stone was indicted earlier this week on a slew of charges, including wire fraud and false impersonation of a federal officer, and made his initial court appearance Friday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Rebecca Rutherford.
If convicted, Stone faces up to 178 years in federal prison.
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