Union City, Tenn.–A New York pair have been arrested by the Union City Police on charges involving fraud of $500,000. They are being held in the Obion County Jail without bond.
According to Union City Police, the men–Leonard Mack, age 52, and Ryan Smith, age 40, were arrested in the Walmart parking lot during a police sting Saturday. The police operation followed a investigation into the pair, who are charged with defrauding an Obion County resident out of $500,000 over the past ten years.
According to police, the fraud began when the local resident was convinced they had won a lottery and the pair kept asking the resident for money to pay for taxes.
The pair was arrested when they met the victim in the Walmart parking lot and once money was exchanged, Officer Stan Haskins took them into custody.