Jamie Gene Thompson, Access Device Fraud, Vermont 2014

A Brattleboro, Vermont man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for access device fraud.

Jamie Gene Thompson, 47, a California native who most recently lived in Vermont, pleaded guilty to the charge in October 2013.

On July 15, 2014, U.S. District Judge J. Garvan Murtha sentenced Thompson to 30 months of imprisonment and a three-year term of supervised release following completion of his prison sentence.

Thompson was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $65,143.47.

Thompson has been incarcerated since his arrest in California in March 2013.

The indictment against Thompson was returned by a federal grand jury in Rutland on February 27, 2013.

According to court records, Thompson became a live-in care provider for an elderly couple in Charlotte in about 2010.

Thompson's duties involved providing medical and physical assistance and transportation, as well as handling some of the couple's finances.

Between September and October 2012, Thompson defrauded the couple by using one of their credit cards to make about 80 unauthorized purchases of goods and services totaling approximately $9,000.

He also made about $46,000 in unauthorized withdrawals from an investment account the couple had at Wells Fargo.

The Wells Fargo funds were used to pay down balances on personal credit cards which had been issued to Thompson.

The case was investigated by the Vermont State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Thompson is represented by Assistant Federal Public Defender Steven Barth.

The prosecutor is Assistant U.S. Attorney Gregory Waples.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-vt/pr/jamie-gene-thompson-imprisoned-access-device-fraud