To be honest, money laundering hasn’t been on my mind since Breaking Bad was the most popular TV series. However, a Texas scammer will be thinking about it for a long time. She got busted in a money laundering trash truck scheme and owes Galveston $700,000. 

Texas woman busted for money laundering trash truck scam 

53-three-year-old Fawn Ann Sloan has traded a scam office for a prison cell. She pled guilty to money laundering greater than or equal to $300,000. Sloan is allegedly responsible for taking trash truck payments. 

Police officers found that the money was sent to her bank account. In April 2023, Galveston city officials entered an agreement with Longhorn International Trucks to purchase three new models for nearly $1 million. 

She was charged with stealing $700,000 from the city of Galveston. According to Galv News, she directed city staff members via email to direct payments for new trash trucks to a bank account in Kentucky. 

The email did come from the trucking company’s actual address, but the email account was hacked. Houston police detectives tracked roughly $900,000 in thefts involving $695,000 that Galveston meant to spend on trash trucks. 

The FBI shared that business email compromises are one of the most financially damaging online crimes. It exploits the fact that most businesses rely on email to conduct personal and professional deals. 

Sloan dances 10 years in prison with a restitution of $645,418 which is a condition of her parole. She swears that she has no money because she is unemployed.