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Texans Accused of Fraud Arrested

A Texas couple with their family of seven children who fled to the Bahamas have been arrested

Federal officials say a Texas couple who sailed with their seven children to the Bahamas as their fraud trial neared has been arrested in Miami.

U.S. Attorney John Walsh's office says Donald and Karlien Winberg of Earth, Texas appeared in federal court in Miami Friday.  Authorities in the Bahamas, alerted by American vacationers who recognized the family from news reports, had detained the Winbergs for lacking proper identification and travel documents. The family was put on a flight to the United States and the parents were arrested Thursday in Miami on bond violation warrants.

The Winbergs sailed to the Bahamas from Texas late last year, months after being indicted for fraud. They are accused of taking money for but failing to deliver large quantities of hay and corn.

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