AN ELIZABETHTON WOMAN HAS RUN AFOUL OF THE LAW AFTER AUTHORITIESY SAY SHE WAS INVOLVED IN AN INTRICATE MONEY LAUNDERING SCAM. IN JANUARY, AUTHORITIES BEGIN TO INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS BY TWO VICTIMS FROM OUT OF STATE THAT THEY WERE DIRECTED TO WIRE FUNDS TO LAURIE OUCHAIB. ACCORDING TO CAPTAIN MICHAEL MERRITT WITH THE ELIZABETHTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, AFTER SUBPOENAING WESTERN UNION AND MONEYGRAM, IT WAS REVEALED THAT A TOTAL OF 29 TRANSACTIONS BY 24 VICTIMS TOTALING OVER 35-THOUSAND DOLLARS WERE SENT TO OUCHAIB FROM FEBRUARY 2007 TO JANUARY 2008. AFTER SEARCHING OUCHAIB’S RESIDENCE, POLICE FOUND NUMEROUS BANK CHECKS FROM CHASE, TRIPLE A TRAVEL, AND BANK OF AMERICA. FOLLOWING AN INDICTMENT BY A CARTER COUNTY GRAND JURY, OUCHAIB WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH 29 COUNTS OF VIOLATION OF THE TENNESSEE COMPUTER ACT AND ONE COUNT OF MONEY LAUNDERING. THE INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING.