A maple syrup business in Marathon County lost $108-thousand in product to an apparent scammer.
According to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, a warrant has been issued for a New York woman on a charge of theft by false representation more than $100-thousand.
The Marathon County business was contacted by a person claiming to want to buy a large quantity of maple syrup for a restaurant chain.
A deal was struck for more than 2-thousand gallons of maple syrup at $50 a gallon.
The syrup was shipped to New York, but payment was never received.
It turned out the woman used the name of a restaurant chain employee but didn’t actually work there.
Some of the syrup later turned up at a discount store.