AN ELIZABETHTON WOMAN ACCUSED OF PARTICIPATING IN AN INTERNATIONAL INTERNET SCAM HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A CARTER COUNTY GRAND JURY. LAURIE OUCHAIB IS CHARGED WITH 29 COUNTS OF VIOLATION OF THE TENNESSEE COMPUTER ACT AND ONE COUNT OF MONEY LAUNDERING. THE CHARGES STEM FROM AN INVESTIGATION INTO COMPLAINTS FILED EARLIER IN THE YEAR IN WHICH VICTIMS WOULD WIRE MONEY TO OUCHAIB AFTER BEING PROMISED A CASHIER’S CHECK FOR GOODS AND SERVICES WORTH MORE THAN THEY WERE PAYING. HOWEVER, THE CHECKS TURNED OUT TO BE COUNTERFEIT. AUTHORITIES SEARCHED HER HOUSE AND SEIZED MORE THAN 650 FAKE CHECKS. THE PROBE REVEALED THAT MORE THAN 35-THOUSAND DOLLARS HAD BEEN WIRED TO THE WOMAN FROM FEBRUARY 2007 TO FEBRUARY 2008.