Burlington, Vermont – The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that David Conrad, 42, of Bristol, Vermont was arrested yesterday following his indictment for conducting a wire fraud scheme between approximately January of 2022 and February 28, 2023. Conrad will be arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Kevin J. Doyle.
According to court records, David Conrad operated a custom woodworking business operating under the names “Old Camp Woodworking” and “Vermont Custom Designs.” Conrad was the sole employee of the business, which he operated out of the two-car garage attached to his residence in Bristol, Vermont. Conrad advertised his businesses on Facebook, and had stand-alone websites which allowed customers to place orders for custom wood items, such as dining tables, dressers, bedroom sets, desks, and other items. Parts of these websites were plagiarized from other woodworking websites, and some of the photographs on the websites were not original photographs of custom pieces crafted by Conrad, but rather copies of photographs from elsewhere on the internet. Conrad’s websites displayed strict cancelation and refund policies, listing a 25% processing fee for orders canceled within 24 hours; a 75% processing fee for orders canceled within 30 days; and no refunds for orders canceled after 30 days.
Between January 2022 and February 2023, Conrad accepted approximately $165,500 through various payment methods for over...
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