FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - A federal grand jury has indicted a Florida man accused of duping a Texas school district into transferring him nearly $2 million which he then used to buy a BMW and Rolex watches.
Prosecutors announced Friday that Donald Howard Conkright was indicted on two counts of wire fraud.
Authorities allege the 61-year-old Conkright sent an email to a manager for the Crowley school district near Fort Worth, Texas, falsely claiming to contain updated banking information for a construction company that worked with the school district.
Prosecutors say the district owed money to the company and it sent nearly $2 million to the new bank account. But authorities say the money was actually sent to Conkright’s personal bank account
An attorney for Conkright didn’t immediately return an email seeking comment.
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