Texas Woman Sentenced to 5 Years for $49K Scam Targeting Buford Couple

Texas woman sentenced to 5 years for $49K scam targeting Buford couple

Audrey Michelle Townsend was sentenced to 20 years, with five years in prison, for scamming a Buford couple out of $49,000 through a banking scheme.

Texas woman sentenced to prison for scamming Buford couple

Texas Woman Sentenced Banking Scam Targeting Buford Senior Couple

A Texas woman has pled guilty to defrauding a Buford couple out of their savings in a 2024 banking scam. Audrey Michelle Townsend, 26, admitted to theft by taking over $25,000 and four counts of elder abuse and exploitation for misleading Gloria and Gary Moss into providing banking information, which she used to transfer their money into an account she controlled. Townsend was sentenced to 20 years, with five years to serve in prison and the rem…