Grimy Times Exclusive: A U.S. District Court has permanently barred 10 individuals and businesses, including Kimberly Anne Stamps, from operating an alleged multi-million dollar international mail-fraud scheme.
The consent decrees entered by United States District Judge Brian M. Cogan resolve civil fraud claims brought by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York.
Kimberly Anne Stamps, 42, of Gilbert, Arizona, along with her companies KPS Productions, LLC, KPS Promotions, LLC, JKS Ventures, LLC, and JJMK Enterprises, LLC, agreed to pay a $726,539.20 penalty, the largest civil penalty ever collected in the EDNY for a violation of a United States Postal Service (USPS) cease and desist order against a mass mailer.
The United States alleged that beginning as early as 2012, the defendants operated a multi-million dollar mass-mailing scheme that preyed upon elderly and vulnerable individuals.
From May 2015 to January 2018, the defendants mailed over 4.8 million solicitation letters to recipients in New York, throughout the United States and abroad falsely indicating that the recipients had won large cash prizes ranging from hundreds of thousands of dollars to millions of dollars, but were required to return processing fees of $20 to $50 to receive payment.
The victims who paid the processing fees never received the promised cash prizes.
Kimberly Anne Stamps, 42, of Gilbert, Arizona, was permanently barred from operating an alleged multi-million dollar international mail-fraud scheme.
Kimberly Anne Stamps, Age: 42, Gilbert, Arizona. Charges: Mail Fraud. Date: 2023.
Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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