Gambling Addicts cheats Mom

Scheme to cover gambling addiction leads to felony charge for area man
Bilks mom for up to $60,000

— A Rush Springs man admitted to an elaborate scheme to bilk thousands of dollars from his mother to cover a gambling addiction.

Court documents show that Frank Joseph Gaisey, 29, was recently charged with one felony count of obtaining money by false pretense in Grady County District Court.

Information from the District Attorney’s office states that Gaisey attempted to cheat and defraud his mother of cash in the total value of $60,000 by telling her he would go to jail or be killed if she did not pay money to a fictitious lawyer and judge. He also told her that she and her daughter would be physically harmed if the money was not paid, documents show.

“All statements were lies. Judge Williams does not exist and Frank Kirk is merely a name chosen by the defendant in order to execute the crime,” stated the legal document.

Investigator Ricky Rushing with the Grady County Sheriff’s Office reported that Gaisey’s mother told him the fees added up to about $60,000 over the last three years. She did not believe her son had ever been in any trouble.

“Frank would set an alarm on (her) cell phone to go off so that she would think it was ringing. Frank would pretend to answer the phone and act as if he was talking to a Judge Williams. Frank would tell (her) that Judge Williams said it was ok for her to give him the money to pay a lawyer named Frank Kirk.

“If the money wasn’t paid Frank would tell (her) that he would go to jail and that they would poor acid on his body. Frank also told (her) that these people know where their entire family lives and if the money isn’t paid that bad things will happen. After (she) would give Frank the money he would go to the Chisholm Trail Casino and gamble with the money,” court documents show.

Rushing reported that Gaisey began the scheme because he became so far in debt from losing money to his gambling addiction and not being able to pay back loan companies that he borrowed money from to pay for his gambling addiction. The report also said that he made documents himself and gave them to his mother to make her believe they were from a Judge Williams.

Upon conviction, the crime is punishable by a fine of up to $5,000 or imprisonment for up to 10 years or both.


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