John Voloshin, 68, formerly of New Haven and Woodbridge, is going down for the count. The serial con artist just pleaded guilty to bank fraud and identity theft in Hartford federal court.
According to court documents and statements made in court, Voloshin was supposed to be paying his dues for past crimes. In 2012, he was sentenced to 33 months of imprisonment for operating multiple fraud schemes that caused losses of more than $1.5 million to individuals and lenders. He got out in 2014, but in 2014, he was sentenced to another nine months for violating his supervised release by lying to his probation officer. He was released again in 2015, only to get caught up in another scheme that landed him 27 months in prison and $275,000 in restitution in 2017.
But Voloshin just couldn’t keep his hands clean. Between January and April 2019, he defrauded a company in Bloomfield that provided accounting and tax preparation services to individuals and companies. He stole blank checks, forged the owner’s name, and negotiated the checks for his own benefit. He also stole and negotiated checks and money orders written out to the company. Through this scheme, Voloshin defrauded victims of $56,548.71.
On September 23, 2020, a federal grand jury in New Haven returned an indictment charging Voloshin. He was arrested on July 14, 2021, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and has been detained since his arrest. Voloshin pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud, which carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 30 years, and one count of aggravated identity theft, which carries a mandatory term of imprisonment of two years.
He’s scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny on August 22. This matter is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with the assistance of the Bloomfield Police Department. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys David T. Huang and Sean P. Mahard.
U.S. Attorney Vanessa Roberts Avery thanked Interpol and Brazilian authorities for their assistance in apprehending Voloshin, and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of International Affairs for coordinating the extradition proceedings in this matter. It’s high time Voloshin paid for his crimes. As he sits in a cell, he should be thinking about the lives he ruined with his scams.
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Key Facts
- State: Connecticut
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: Official Source ↗
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