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Wife thought husband was kidnapped, but it was a ruse: Cops

Eric Johnson kidnapping scheme

Eric Johnson is accused of tricking his wife into thinking he had been kidnapped by a cartel to repay a drug debt, but he was just extorting money from her. The Indian Harbour Police Department in Florida arrested him on March 7, 2024, on charges of extortion and fraud. (Brevard County Jail)

A Florida woman thought she was paying over $70,000 in a ransom payment to a drug cartel who kidnapped her husband. Turns out, there was no kidnapping — and her husband was just allegedly extorting her so he could meet with another woman and keep up his drug habit.

Eric Johnson, 29, is in the Brevard County Jail on charges of grand theft over $70,000, fraud and extortion, among other alleged crimes.

Cops with the Indian Harbour Police Department began investigating the exorbitant scheme on Dec. 14 when Johnson’s wife came to the police station to report him missing and to say he was “being held for ransom,” a 21-page probable cause arrest affidavit says. She told cops she started receiving texts from a phone number she did not recognize that said her husband would be hurt if she did not start sending money.

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