Tag: Naples
Giuseppe Neapolitan, Wire Fraud, California 2023
⏱ 2 min read A Naples man is accused of swindling victims out of $3.7 million in a long-running wire fraud scheme that promised significant returns on upfront payments. Leonard W. Krane allegedly told victims he possessed substantial funds overseas, but required tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars to access them. Between August 2017…
John Smith, Elderly Financial Scam, California 2020
⏱ 2 min read Luis Emilio Hernandez, a 45-year-old Naples man, pleaded guilty to scamming an 85-year-old Hurricane Ian victim out of $1.2 million in Naples, Florida, following the devastating storm in 2022. Hernandez convinced the elderly victim to write him personal checks for construction materials and repairs that were never performed. Instead, he cashed…
