Rochester nyei mienh Timothy Wadsworth zuqc dunh taux taux 51 ndie nyei loqc guangc taux fraud aengx money laundering nyei za'eix caux Stripe aengx Bitcoin, zuqc waaic taux taux $2.06 Million
U.S. Attorney's Office yiem Western District of New York yiem October 23 gorngv Timothy Wadsworth, 35, yiem Rochester, New York, zuqc U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci Jr. dunh taux taux 51 ndie yiem loqc guangc taux conspiracy to commit wire fraud aengx money laundering, aengx zuqc jaa $810,965.19 restitution. Court yaac dunh ninh zuqc forfeit $810,956.19, naaiv se wire fraud nyei jaa ninh duqv nyei. Prosecutors gorngv naaiv case se Trump Administration nyei Task Force to Eliminate Fraud nyei yietc fanh.
Yiem March 2020 taux September 2021, Wadsworth caux da'nyietc mienh zoux waaic duqv jaa, prosecutors gorngv. Ninh duqv credit card account numbers yiem co-conspirators, aengx processed unauthorized transactions, bun jaa taux bank accounts ninh taux taux, aengx bun yietc fanh taux ninh nyei Coinbase account maaic Bitcoin, aengx bun taux ninh nyei co-conspirators. Yiem March 10 taux May 15, 2020, yiem Stripe merchant account, ninh oix processed 310 payments, yietc mbuangv $1,673,578; 116 duqv yietc nzunc, yietc mbuangv $730,728.22, aengx yietc yaac maiv duqv account holders nyei bun taux.
Zuangv payments duqv, Wadsworth bun jaa yiem ninh nyei Stripe account taux accounts ninh yiem HSBC aengx Evolve Federal Credit Union, aengx taux Coinbase, ninh maaic Bitcoin aengx bun taux cuotv nyei addresses, yietc nzunc jaa taux $10,000. Yiem April 22 taux April 28, 2020, hnangv, ninh bun fraud nyei jaa yiem ninh nyei Stripe account taux ninh nyei HSBC account sam nzunc, jaa se $49,419.99, $45,501.85, aengx $53,496.75.
Naaiv schemes yaac taux taux pandemic relief programs. Yiem May 13, 2020, taux May 5, 2021, Wadsworth aengx da'nyietc mienh bun juov Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) applications nyei waaic waac; sam duqv aengx $161,200 bun taux ninh nyei accounts. Yiem March 7 taux April 26, 2021, ninh mbuo bun loqc Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans yietc mbuangv $91,219, i duqv, $20,833 aengx $20,416. Yiem May 2020 taux September 2021, ninh yaac duqv waaic taux taux $65,896 unemployment benefits yiem New York State, Washington State, aengx Department of Labor, taux taux ninh maiv duqv yietc yaac.
Wadsworth yaac zoux romance fraud: yietc mienh wuonh maiv longx duqv nyei m'sieqv mienh duqv mienh yiem Facebook gorngv ninh se oil rig worker, zuqc bun ninh wire $42,000 taux ninh nyei travel expenses taux Wadsworth nyei bank account, ninh zoux yiem March 20, 2020. Ninh yaac duqv loqc da'nyietc victims jaa $26,000. Yietc mbuangv, prosecutors gorngv, credit card fraud, PPP aengx EIDL fraud, unemployment fraud, aengx da'nyietc schemes zoux waaic taux taux $2,059,893 yiem actual aengx intended losses.
U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo gorngv sentencing. Case se Assistant U.S. Attorney Katelyn M. Hartford prosecuted aengx Federal Bureau of Investigation, IRS Criminal Investigation, New York State Department of Financial Services, aengx New York State Department of Labor mangc.
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Yaangh: 图：Genesee 河与纽约州 Rochester 市中心天际线，本案被告居住于 Rochester 并在当地联邦法院受审判刑（资料图）。照片：Andre Carrotflower，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。Photo: The Genesee River and the downtown skyline of Rochester, New York, where the defendant lived and was sentenced in federal court (file photo). Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
