A man accused of using more than 30 aliases to swindle money out of unsuspecting love interests online has been extradited back to Alabama after three years.
Brenton Wayne Fillers, 57, also known as Jason Mitchell, Brett Knight, Maynard Hatchers, Wayne Bretton and Austin Rikker, is charged with illegal possession of a debit/credit card, fraudulent use of a debit/credit card, auto theft and theft/other vehicle, in Baldwin County.
In 2023, the Spanish Fort Police Department dubbed Fillers the "TikTok Trickster" and asked for information on his whereabouts. Investigators said he used TikTok and other social media platforms to meet women and scam them out of money, cars and other items.
WPMI spoke to one victim from Spanish Fort who said she did not want to be identified. The woman said she met the guy who called himself Jason Mitchell on social media. They went out on a date after talking for a week. They continued seeing each other for three days until the man stole her car and vanished.
Police then connected the case to a crime in Daphne, where a woman was stranded at a hotel after traveling with a man from West Virginia. The woman claimed he took her debit card and money.
Fillers was arrested in Kentucky back in 2023, but was released from jail. He was arrested earlier this year in North Carolina. He also had warrants out of Tennessee and Texas, including a charge of sexual assault of an 11-year-old boy. Fillers was extradited from North Carolina to Alabama last week.
Fillers is considered innocent until proven guilty.
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