Tag: Wire Fraud
Jordan Khammar, Wire Fraud and Money Laundering, New York 2025
⏱ 2 min read For over a decade, Jordan Khammar, the finance director of a multinational media and consulting company, orchestrated a massive $7.9 million scam from his office in New York. Between January 2015 and May 2025, Khammar exploited his access to the company’s financial systems to embezzle millions, using the funds for personal…
Edward Harold King, Wire Fraud Conspiracy, New York 2023
⏱ 2 min read A former New York State judge and a Brooklyn real estate investor have been charged with wire fraud conspiracy for their roles in a scheme that stole millions of dollars from investors. Sam Sprei, also known as Yechiel Sprei, Shimon Sprei, and Eli Shapiro, and Edward Harold King, a former Kings…
Juanita Faye Holtschneider, Wire Fraud and Tax Evasion, Missouri 2026
⏱ 2 min read Juanita Faye Holtschneider, a 58-year-old accountant from Fort Polk, Louisiana, has been sentenced to 33 months in prison for embezzling money from her employer and the US government. Holtschneider worked for G2 Material Handling, where she redirected automatic deposits meant for the US Treasury and the company’s account to her own…
Treivorn McLeod, Mail Fraud, Florida 2026
⏱ 2 min read Treivorn McLeod, a 25-year-old from Mary Esther, Florida, has pleaded guilty to running a massive scam that defrauded victims of approximately $530,000. Between June 1, 2022, and January 29, 2024, McLeod and his co-conspirators targeted unsuspecting individuals, falsely claiming they had won millions in the Publisher’s Clearing House lottery and the…
Daniella Vasquez, Wire Fraud, Texas 2025
⏱ 2 min read Daniella Vasquez, a 48-year-old San Antonio woman, worked as a comptroller for two companies between May 2021 and September 2022, where she embezzled $759,235.74 by issuing unauthorized payments to herself, her husband, and companies for personal expenses. She spent the embezzled funds on luxury goods, vehicles, concerts, and sporting events, flaunting…
Raed Naser, Wire Fraud and Money Laundering, Illinois 2026
⏱ 2 min read Raed Naser, a 41-year-old suburban Chicago businessman, has been charged with orchestrating a pair of fraud schemes that netted him over $4 million. The schemes involved submitting false invoices for nonexistent freight shipping and selling bakery franchises to an unsuspecting buyer after fraudulently inflating their value. Naser, who owned a freight…
Michael N. Jones, Wire Fraud, Missouri 2023
⏱ 2 min read A retired St. Louis teacher was brutally scammed out of $735,137 by a man she trusted. Michael N. Jones, 40, was given power of attorney in March 2023 and immediately began draining her accounts. He made over $12,000 in purchases using her checking account and even used her credit card for…
Raymond Echavez Villamor, Wire Fraud, Illinois 2023
⏱ 2 min read A California man, Raymond Echavez Villamor, 62, has been sentenced to 2.5 years in federal prison for swindling a suburban Chicago resident out of $2 million. The scheme, which lasted six months in 2023, involved Villamor falsely representing himself as an investment advisor and promising the victim a substantial return on…
Timothy Wadsworth, Wire Fraud and Money Laundering, New York 2020
⏱ 2 min read Timothy Wadsworth, a 35-year-old Rochester, NY, man, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud victims, including taxpayers, of over $2 million through a complex scheme of wire fraud and money laundering between March 2020 and September 2021. Wadsworth, along with coconspirators, used unauthorized credit card transactions to fund their operation, purchasing…
Christopher Flanagan, Embezzlement, Massachusetts 2021
⏱ 2 min read Massachusetts State Representative Christopher Flanagan, 38, of Dennis, has been charged with stealing over $36,000 from the Home Builders Association in Cape Cod, where he served as Executive Officer. The alleged theft occurred between November 2021 and January 2023, with Flanagan facing personal financial difficulties, including thousands of dollars in outstanding…
