Man wanted in 2016 fraud case

FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas – Fort Bend County Sheriff's deputies are turning to the public to help locate a man in connection to a fraud case that has gone cold. 

Police are looking into a case from Aug. 22, 2016.

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They say that's when a man wired $50,000 to a Bank of America  account in the name of "Kenneth Emerson" under the guise of purchasing a large amount of diesel fuel from a Russian refinery. 

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According to deputies, the name was false, the sale never happened and it was determined to be a scam.

The money was drawn from a Bank of America branch,  located  in the 9400 block of Spring Green Boulevard.

Fort Bend County Crime Stoppers are offering a $5,000 reward in the case for information that leads to an arrest.

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