Alcoa worker in Texas arrested in $1M fraud case

Published May 21, 2014 2:44pm ET



VICTORIA, Texas (AP) — An Alcoa machine shop worker in Texas has been arrested in what prosecutors call a $1 million scam to order, steal and then resell equipment.

Prosecutors say 55-year-old Jack Kennedy of Houston faces a detention hearing Friday in Corpus Christi. He’s charged with mail and wire fraud in an indictment unsealed Tuesday in Victoria.

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