MINNEAPOLIS – A grand jury indicted the owner of a Waseca travel agency for fraud against 36 other travel agents. Matthew Schumacher, 44, got away with nearly $500,000, according to the indictment. The FBI reported that Schumacher promised travel agents that they would receive higher commissions from airlines and resorts if they went through him What did Schumacher do with the money? U.S. Attorney Erica MacDonald said that he spent $150,000 for his own world travel, bought $3,000 of electronics at Best Buy, and stashed the rest in a bank account.
