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New Jersey Man Loses $220,000 in Bogus Transportation Company Scam
A Seminole, Florida, man has been arrested for allegedly using phony invoices from his transportation company to obtain $220,000 from a New Jersey-based factoring business.
Karl Stehlin, 60, was charged by indictment with five counts of wire fraud. He is scheduled to appear today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas B. McCoun III in Tampa, Florida, federal court.
According to the indictment, Stehlin created a bogus Idaho-based company, Sawyer Express Transportation Inc., and emailed accounts receivable invoices to the factoring company for transportation services that were never provided.
The indictment alleges that Stehlin defrauded the factoring company out of $220,000 in advance payment on those invoices from June 2014 through September 2014.
The charge of wire fraud is punishable by a maximum potential penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000, or twice the gross gain or loss from the offense.
U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman credited special agents of the FBI, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Richard M. Frankel in Newark, with the investigation leading to today’s arrest. He also thanked special agents of the FBI Tampa Division, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Paul Wysopal, for their assistance.
The charges in the indictment are merely accusations, and the defendant is considered innocent unless and until proven guilty.
The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Lakshmi Herman and Andrew Kogan of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Economic Crimes Unit in Newark.
Key Facts
- State: New Jersey
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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