NEW YORK, NY – Tracii Show Hutsona, a serial con artist with a history of federal fraud convictions, was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison today for a calculated scheme to steal over $1 million from a New York employer. U.S. District Judge Jesse M. Furman handed down the sentence, marking another substantial federal penalty for the repeat offender.
The brazen scheme, spanning from October 2015 to November 2019, involved Hutsona exploiting her position as a personal assistant to gain access to her victim’s financial information. Just months after being hired, and while still on supervised release from a prior fraud conviction in California, Hutsona began diverting funds to fuel a lavish lifestyle, according to court filings. The victim trusted Hutsona implicitly, a trust that would be brutally betrayed.
Hutsona’s methods were particularly insidious. She initially opened a credit card account in the victim’s name without authorization in February 2016. When confronted in 2018 about suspicious expenditures, she feigned remorse and entered into an agreement to repay $307,498.02 – a promise she immediately broke. She continued to siphon funds, even after falsely claiming to have destroyed a key access card. The victim, believing Hutsona had reformed, was repeatedly deceived.
The scheme unraveled in September 2019 when the victim discovered further unauthorized charges and terminated Hutsona’s employment. Hutsona didn’t stop there. In a desperate attempt to cover her tracks, she fabricated a “Power of Attorney” document, falsely notarized and bearing the victim’s forged signature, and submitted it to the victim’s bank. This document falsely asserted Hutsona’s authority to control the victim’s finances. The bank’s investigation quickly exposed the forgery.
Prosecutors detailed how Hutsona systematically added herself as an account holder to the victim’s checking and savings accounts, and secured multiple credit cards drawn on the victim’s funds – collectively known as the “Fraud Accounts.” Over four years, she pilfered over $1 million, using the stolen money to fund her concierge business and cover personal expenses, including mobile phones and restaurant bills. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams stated Hutsona’s actions demonstrated a clear pattern of betraying trust for personal gain.
“Not long after serving a lengthy sentence for a previous federal conviction, Tracii Show Hutsona betrayed her employer’s trust by misusing her employer’s financial information to fund her own luxury lifestyle for years,” Williams said. “Her desire to live the high life at the expense of her victim has placed her back where she began — facing another substantial federal sentence.” Hutsona’s sentencing serves as a stark reminder that exploiting trust for financial gain will be met with serious consequences.
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Key Facts
- Agency: U.S. Secret Service
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: Official Press Release
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