Fraud of the Week

Multiple Violations – South Carolina

Amount – $574,531

A man was arrested and charged with multiple violations. He pled guilty to two counts of presenting a false claim for payment over $10,000, one count of presenting false claims for payment less than $2,000, one for presenting false claims for more than $2,000 and less than $10,000, two of obtaining goods under false pretenses over $10,000, and one count of financial identity fraud. The man was incarcerated when he became of interest to investigators, who discovered he was using a contraband cell phone to conduct new frauds from his prison cell. Once released his fraudulent activities continued. A search warrant was issued and hundreds of documents, fake checks, false ID cards, cell phone records, computers and emails were seized. Fifty-two charges were made in his attempts to fraudulently obtain $574,531. He was successful in collecting $139,126.98. He has been sentenced to ten years of incarceration and is required to make restitution of the $139,126.98.