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Nashville Woman Charged with $2M Wire Fraud Scheme
Nashville – Stephanie Louise Baker, 53, of Mount Juliet, Tennessee, has been charged with a wire fraud and money laundering scheme to defraud a used automobile auction business in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Baker, along with her husband Brian Baker, 52, and Jerry W. Hutchins, 48, of Dowelltown, Tennessee, were charged in a federal indictment with a wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy, as well as substantive offenses for acts of money laundering.
According to the indictment, between February 2017 and November 2018, Baker was the General Manager of the Dealers Auto Auction Group’s Murfreesboro auction location. Her husband and Hutchins each owned and operated used car dealerships and did business at the auction.
The defendants devised a scheme to defraud Dealers Auto Auction Group, LLC by creating fake transactions to make it appear that the defendants’ businesses had sold cars at the auction and were entitled to receive funds from Dealers Auto Auction Group, when in fact the defendants had not sold vehicles at the auction.
As a result of this scheme, the defendants defrauded Dealers Auto Auction Group of more than $2 million.
If convicted, the defendants face up to 20 years in prison for the wire fraud conspiracy, the money laundering conspiracy, and the concealment money laundering offenses, and up to 10 years in prison for money laundering.
Key Facts
- State: Tennessee
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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