PC: Fox 11 Online
TOWN OF NASEWAUPEE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — An 80-year-old man from Door County is facing charges related to a fraud investigation.
According to a news release, the Door County Sheriff’s Office and the Sturgeon Bay Police Department executed search warrants Thursday at a residence in the town of Nasewaupee and at a business in the town of Gardner.
Officials say these warrants were the result of “lengthy, complex fraud investigations” conducted by both departments.
Dale Pautsch, 80, of Nasewaupee, was arrested at the time the warrants were served. He appeared in court Friday and remains in custody on a $20,000 cash bond.
Pautsch is charged with:
- 1 count of Money Laundering- Knowingly Receive/Acquire Proceeds Over $10,000 to $100,000, Crime Against an Elderly or Disabled Person
- 1 count of Theft- Business Setting (<>>$10,000 – $100,000), Crime Against an Elderly or Disabled Person
- 1 count of Theft- Business Setting Over $100,000, Crime Against an Elderly or Disabled Person
- 1 count of Money Laundering- Knowingly Receive/Acquire Proceeds (Over $100,000), Crime Against an Elderly or Disabled Person.
Authorities say the investigation is ongoing and it is believed there may be additional victims.
Anyone with information about Pautsch or ROS Consultants Inc. is asked to contact Door County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Jon Gilson at (920) 746-2555 or Sturgeon Bay Police Department Sgt. Investigator Luke Diebele at (920) 746-2429.
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