Telemarketers Accused

Two Orange County men were arrested Friday after being charged in a telemarketing fraud case in Iowa, law enforcement officials said. Terry Jack Greenwood, 45, of San Clemente, and Michael Edward Yeager, 27, of Huntington Beach, allegedly operated a telemarketing operation in February 1997 called Western Publishing Co., which took in about $40,000 from 44 victims, the criminal complaint states.

One alleged victim was identified as an elderly Iowa woman who was informed over the telephone that she had won a monetary prize and was required to send money to cover shipping, handling and other expenses. The complaint resulted from a joint investigation by the County of Orange Boiler Room Apprehension task force and the Iowa attorney general’s office.