Tag: Wire Fraud
Jason Cloth, Wire Fraud, Illinois 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 60-year-old film producer, Jason Cloth, has been indicted for allegedly defrauding clients of more than $100 million in a wire fraud scheme. The scheme, which operated from 2019 to 2026, involved soliciting investments in fake film and entertainment projects in Chicago. Cloth, of Beverly Hills, California, used the funds for…
Jeffrey Jeffers, Wire Fraud, West Virginia 2022
⏱ 2 min read Jeffrey Jeffers, a 35-year-old truck driver from Williamstown, West Virginia, has admitted to swindling his employer out of $510,465.19 through a sophisticated wire fraud scheme. Between November 2022 and July 2024, Jeffers used company-issued credit cards to fuel his delivery trucks, but instead of paying for legitimate fuel costs, he created…
Amanda Kate Walker Bass, Wire Fraud, Tennessee 2026
⏱ 2 min read Amanda Kate Walker Bass, a 36-year-old West Tennessee woman, orchestrated a brazen scheme to defraud by claiming to be a U.S. Marine Corps combat veteran. In Memphis, Tennessee, she concocted a false narrative of being a multiple-time deployed Marine who survived an enemy ambush in Afghanistan in 2010, leaving her seriously…
Ashley Nicole Lear, Wire Fraud, Kentucky 2023
⏱ 2 min read Ashley Nicole Lear, the former Executive Director of Stanford Housing Authority in Kentucky, has been sentenced to 13 months in prison for engaging in wire fraud and misusing federal funds. From July 2023 to March 2025, Lear, 43, paid herself unauthorized bonuses and inflated her salary, despite her contracted salary being…
Clayton Lloyd Iley, Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft, Texas 2026
⏱ 2 min read Clayton Lloyd Iley, a 41-year-old businessman from Stephenville, Texas, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft charges on June 17. Iley operated an insurance brokerage business and used at least two entities he controlled to conduct financial transactions, scamming victims with fake loan programs. The scheme, which lasted from…
Zvonko Klapan, Social Security Benefits Theft, New York 2016
⏱ 2 min read Zvonko Klapan, a 68-year-old man from Liverpool, NY, has been indicted for a decade-long scheme to defraud the Social Security Administration. Between August 2016 and April 2026, Klapan allegedly stole over $142,400 in Social Security benefits intended for his deceased mother-in-law. The scheme began when Klapan’s mother-in-law passed away in 2016,…
Wei Jia Luo, Wire Fraud, Montana 2026
⏱ 2 min read A 73-year-old Joliet man was scammed out of nearly $200,000 by a Chinese national, Wei Jia Luo, 42, who ran an internet scheme posing as a Microsoft representative and a bank courier. The scam started in March 2024 when the victim received a pop-up window on his computer, allegedly from Microsoft.…
Tuan Anh Khuu, Embezzlement, Oklahoma 2015
⏱ 2 min read Tuan Anh Khuu, a 57-year-old disbarred lawyer from Houston, Texas, has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for swindling over $420,000 from his clients in Oklahoma and Texas. From March 2015 to October 2020, Khuu misappropriated legal settlement funds, exploiting the trust of his clients for personal gain. One…
Kyle Svara, Wire Fraud, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 4 min read Kyle Svara, a 27-year-old Illinois man, was sentenced to 76 months in prison for hacking into the Snapchat accounts of over 750 women, stealing their nude photos, and possessing child sexual abuse material. The crimes took place from May 2020 to February 2021, with Svara using social engineering tactics to collect…
Benjamin Cantey, Wire Fraud, Ohio 2025
⏱ 2 min read Benjamin Cantey, a 43-year-old Cincinnati man, has been sentenced to 40 months in federal prison for running a $6.5 million wire fraud scheme. From 2019 to 2022, Cantey lied to investors about his online laundry and dry-cleaning pickup and delivery business, exaggerating its financial stability and growth. He used the money…
