The director and guiding voice behind a phone scam that stole $1 million from senior citizens in Broward, Palm Beach and other Florida counties has been charged in West Palm Beach federal court, prosecutors say.

A criminal complaint gives 40-year-old Edtronda Simon, aka Edtronda Harrell, of Stone Mountain, Georgia, and her Florida cohorts little credit for innovation in elder fraud. They ran a phone scam that’s so common that the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office sent warnings in March and May about it.

A criminal complaint gives 40-year-old Edtronda Simon, aka Edtronda Harrell, of Stone Mountain, Georgia, and her Florida cohorts little credit for innovation in elder fraud. They ran a phone scam that’s so common that the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office sent warnings in March and May about it.

But the court documents give the gang $1 million worth of points for effectiveness with over 250 victims. Two of the Florida gang, Port St. Lucie residents Shaumbrica Stubbs and Samuel Charles, already entered into plea bargains admitting to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.