Aaron Montgomery, Wire Fraud, Missouri 2023

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Aaron Montgomery, Wire Fraud, St. Louis MO, 2023

Aaron Montgomery, 41, of Bellefontaine Neighbors, Missouri, has admitted to defrauding at least 13 online sellers of vehicles and other property, costing them $229,200.

Montgomery pleaded guilty to three counts of wire fraud and four counts of interstate transportation of stolen vehicles in a St. Louis federal court.

According to the investigation, Montgomery targeted those who were selling vehicles or other property online, contacting them, negotiating a price, and then arranging a meeting, often at a bank to make it appear as if he was using real money.

Montgomery provided them ‘motion picture money,’ or prop money, often inside a bank envelope or bag. He would then take the property, which included cars, SUVs, trucks, five pairs of Air Jordans and audio equipment, before the sellers discovered that he had not provided them with real money.

Montgomery transported at least five of the stolen vehicles from the states where the sellers lived, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee, back to Missouri.

Montgomery’s sentencing is scheduled for May 22. Both sides agreed to recommend 51 months in prison and full restitution to all victims.

The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations, the U.S. Secret Service, and the Illinois State Police, as well as several law enforcement agencies in Missouri and other states.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Justin Ladendorf is prosecuting the case.

Aaron Montgomery, a 41-year-old man from Bellefontaine Neighbors, Missouri, has admitted to defrauding at least 13 online sellers of vehicles and other property, costing them $229,200.