A retired FBI agent has been charged after he allegedly conned a Texas woman out of $800,000 by convincing her for years that she was on 'secret probation' for drug crimes.
William Roy Stone, Jr., 62, is accused of using the money he conned from the woman to buy a house in Dallas, as well as a Mercedes and a pickup truck.
Stone pleaded not guilty last week in Dallas to 11 federal counts including wire fraud, conspiracy and impersonation of a federal officer over the alleged fraud scheme.
Prosecutors say Stone retired from the FBI's Dallas office back in October 2015 and the next month convinced the woman that a judge in Austin had put her under 'secret probation' for drug crimes.
Retired FBI agent William Roy Stone, Jr., 62, has been charged after he allegedly conned a Texas woman out of $800,000 by convincing her for years that she was on 'secret probation' for drug crimes
The woman is only identified as CT in court records.
He allegedly told the woman that he was still an agent, that the fictitious judge had appointed him to 'mentor' and 'supervise' her.
Stone told the woman that conditions of her probation meant she had to give him a list of her assets and that she had to pay for his expenses while supervising her, according to the indictment.
Stone allegedly told the woman that she was forbidden to tell anyone about her probation and risked imprisonment and losing custody of her children if she did.
Over the next four years, Stone allegedly coerced the woman into giving him hundreds of thousands of dollars.
He used the money to buy a Toyota pick-up truck, a Mercedes sedan and property in a suburb northwest of Dallas, prosecutors say.
At one point, Stone allegedly told the woman that he would have her probation lifted if she married him.
Stone used the money to buy a Toyota pick-up truck, a Mercedes sedan and property in a suburb northwest of Dallas (pictured above), prosecutors say
Prosecutors say Stone started conning the woman after he retired from the FBI's Dallas office (above) in October 2015. The FBI refused to comment on Stone's tenure as an agent
The FBI would not answer questions about Stone's tenure as an agent, whether he met the woman through his work for the bureau and whether they had a relationship.
Stone's attorney also refused to say whether his client had a romantic or sexual relationship with the woman he allegedly defrauded.
Prosecutors say the woman gave Stone about $800,000 over several years.
'Stone allegedly conned, threatened and stole from his victim, exploiting her trust in law enforcement for his own financial gain,' Cloey C. Pierce, Special Agent in Charge of the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General Dallas Field Office said.
Stone's attorney, Gregg Gallian, said his client has pleaded not guilty and denies the charges against him.
Gallian said he 'looks forward to exposing the truth of these misguided allegations in the courtroom.'
If convicted, Stone faces up to 178 years in prison.
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