Just an FYI for those of you that were scammed. I know I worked with a number of people here as I had a local contact for the PD in his area. Im not sure if any of you ever got your money back but it looks like they got him, finally.
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04/20/20
An Iowa City area man who was wanted on two separate felonies from 2017 and 2018 was arrested Sunday night.
The Johnson County Sheriff’s office opened an investigation in November 2017 into fraudulent activity involving 63-year-old Clyde Voorhees, then of Video Court in Iowa City. Voorhees was allegedly involved in fraudulent online activity involving the sale of firearms beginning in May of that year.
According to the investigation, Voorhees would take the victims’ money for the purchase of firearms or rifle scopes from an online seller. They would send him payments by check or money order, but the victims never received the item or items he agreed to purchase for them. Voorhees would reportedly take the money, deposit the funds into his own bank, and wire funds to Nigeria or Cameroon to launder them.
Under Miranda, Voorhees admitted to the allegations. Financial records corroborated the statements, and it’s alleged that at least seven victims were fleeced of a total of nearly $7000.
Then in March of 2018, a cybertip from Facebook was reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, saying that a pornographic image of a child had been uploaded to Facebook. A search of the IP address led investigators to Voorhees’ residence. A search warrant was executed with Voorhees present, and under Miranda ,he allegedly admitted to uploading the child pornography. He also admitted to possessing additional videos and images of the same nature on his cellphone.
An arrest warrant was requested in both cases, and Voorhees was booked into the Johnson County Jail at 11:22pm Saturday. He’s charged with Sexual Exploitation of Children, a Class D felony, and Money Laundering, a Class C felony. If convicted on both charges, he could be sentenced to up to fifteen years in prison."
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