The Bracelet in the Gravel: How Lily's Lie Cost $11,280

The Bracelet in the Gravel: How Lily's Lie Cost $11,280 A county road-grader turned up a pink bracelet engraved LILY buried in gravel, and that small object tied a rented farmhouse to an $11,280 string of transfers - but who manufactured the lie behind the bracelet, and why was it worth so much? This episode starts with a discovered medical-style ID and ends with a woman asleep to a persona built from her own home. In this episode, we follow the timeline from the road-grader discovery to the payments a woman made after meeting a fake profile, covering the profile creation, the mailed bracelet, and the sequence of money transfers that connected them - how did a bracelet and a name lead to eight transactions totaling $11,280? Person: Megan Moore Location: Prewitt County Date: September 19, 2022 Amount: $11,280 Profile name: RoadHaulRick - A road-grader operator named Carl Crawford found a pink bracelet engraved LILY on September 19, 2022. - Megan Moore sent eight money transfers beginning August 4, 2022, totaling $11,280 to a man she never met in person. - The RoadHaulRick account was created in April 2022 and contacted Megan in early July 2022. - The bracelet arrived on September 9, 2022, inside a card with a handwritten note signed Rick and a Louisville area code stamped inside. - Photos used for the fake profile belonged to Dennis Halford, 44, a heavy equipment mechanic from Bowling Green, Kentucky, whose images had been posted publicly on Facebook. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].