Power Rangers' Austin St. John says he was duped into alleged COVID relief fraud scheme - The A.V. Club

Today, in “Crimes that would be gross but relatively banal, had not a former member of the Power Rangers allegedly committed them” news: Austin St.

John, best known for playing the very first Red Ranger on Saban Entertainment’s long-running Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, has been arrested this week, along with 16 other people, on allegations of committing fraud related to government COVID-19 relief funds.

John—a martial artist, author, and actor who has appeared a number of times throughout the endlessly expanding Power Rangers franchise as his character, Jason Lee Scott—was charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud on Tuesday.