Federal court records show a Florida man duped the Crowley school district into transferring nearly $2 million into an account he controlled and used the money to purchase a pricey BMW and Rolex watches.
Records show 61-year-old Donald Howard Conkright of Big Pine Key, part of the Florida Keys, was arrested Dec. 13 and charged with wire fraud.
A manager for the Crowley school district — south of Fort Worth and just north of Burleson — received an email in October saying a construction company that's a vendor for the district needed to provide updated banking information.
The district, which owed money to the company, later sent more than $500,000 to the new account. The next day it sent a $1.4 million payment.
Conkright was initially being held in the Monroe County jail in Florida, but was no longer there Tuesday.
It's not clear if he has an attorney representing him.
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