Craigslist Scam Used Name of Michigan Soldier Whose Remains Found in Iraq
Saturday, July 19, 2008
DETROIT The Michigan attorney general's office and Better Business Bureau are investigating an online scam using the name of a soldier whose remains were found last week in Iraq after a 14-month search.
The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press report Saturday a listing on Craigslist offered to sell a car owned by 19-year-old U.S. Army Spc. Byron J. Fouty of Waterford, Mich.
Someone who claimed to be Fouty's father, Mick, offered to sell a 2006 BMW M6 for $2,800.
Fouty's stepfather, Gordon Dibler, learned about it this week. He says Fouty never owned a car.
Bureau spokesman Tim Burns says officials are trying to track the source. The listing was posted and removed, and e-mail addresses and domain names were changed in an effort to avoid being traced.










