Down in Jamaica, John Bigbooty made a series of scam calls to a guy who just happened to be the former head of the FBI and then the CIA. Bill Webster's the only person in US history to have served in both positions. As the Jamaican discovered, bad choices carry consequences:
William Webster, who is now 94 years old, and his wife, Lynda, were targeted four years ago by a man who peddled a lottery scam over phone calls and emails. Over multiple phone calls, Keniel Aeon Thomas of Jamaica told the Websters he’d set their house ablaze or have a sniper shoot them in the back of the head if they didn’t pay him thousands of dollars, according to prosecutors’ filings.
Ooopsie.
At his sentencing Friday, Chief Judge Beryl Howell of the district court in Washington noted that Thomas had more than 30 victims and had collected hundreds of thousands of dollars from them. Prosecutors noted in their court papers that lottery scams like these have increased over the last decade. They often turn into violent threats when a target won’t pay.
Bigbooty's got a new address for the next six years. And it's nothing like Jamaica, Mon.
