Oklahoma woman charged with laundering 1.5M from elderly women in online romance scam

Kurt'CyberGuy' Knutsson joins'Fox & Friends' to warn about a disturbing new scam where criminals use AI to clone the voices of loved ones and trick victims into sending money. Charges have been filed against an Oklahoma woman who is being accused of laundering nearly 1.5 million in funds obtained through online romance scams, targeting elderly women. Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced that Christine Joan Echohawk, 53, was arrested Monday, and is accused of laundering money from out-of-state victims between Sept. 30, 2024, and Dec. 26, 2024. Officials said that all the victims were women between the ages of 64 and 79. The victims believed they were sending money to a male subject whom they thought they were in an online relationship with, according to a news release from Drummond's office.