A Hopkinsville man who has allegedly admitted to scamming people out of money was arrested Thursday and acknowledged he was responsible for another person being arrested for a crime they did not commit.
Hopkinsville Police investigated a theft on March 25th when the victim told officers he had been scammed into making a $2,100 down payment on a mobile home the seller did not actually own. The victim provided suspect information and investigation led to the arrest of Daniel Bullock.
On Thursday, 41-year old Jeremy Johnson went to the Hopkinsville Police Department and provided written and verbal statements taking responsibility for the scam. He also provided a hard drive that he said contained information on the scams he had been running, according to an arrest citation.
Johnson said he had given the victim Bullock’s bank account information from a check he’d received from Bullock. He said he told Bullock the $2,100 deposit from the victim was actually from a friend of his and he used that account because he didn’t have a bank account of his own.
Johnson told police Bullock never had any knowledge a crime had been committed.
HPD arrested Johnson for felony theft by deception.