Lang
5/3/26
A plea deal has been reached in the case of a South Carolina woman accused of extorting an Iowa City man out of thousands of dollars, then sending the money to prison inmates.
48-year-old Milako Foster of Spartanburg, South Carolina entered a guilty plea on Friday. Terms of the deal are not listed in online records.
Iowa City Police say in October of last year Foster communicated with an Iowa City resident and misrepresented herself as a South Carolina law enforcement officer. The man was made to believe he owed a substantial amount of money for communicating with a woman in an incident involving a nude photograph that had been sent between the two. Police say the victim paid Foster $3,890.20.
Once she received the funds, Foster allegedly transferred the money from her account to those of multiple inmates inside a South Carolina prison, including an alleged co-conspirator. The accusations are backed up by transaction records.
Foster was charged with Money Laundering, Extortion, and 2nd Degree Theft. If convicted on all counts, she would have faced a maximum of 20 years in prison.
Sentencing is set for July 6th.