Woman sentenced for her role in "wire-back" scheme
April 29, 2009
Total Loss:
$1.7 Million
A federal judge today sentenced Nancy Alexander, 67, of Coventry, to a year in prison for a fraud involving about $1.7 million in counterfeit checks and money orders. Alexander produced fraudulent checks on her computer and forwarded other checks that had been shipped to her from Nigeria. The objective of the scheme was to have recipients of the counterfeit checks wire money to the perpetrators of the scam.
In April 2008, Customs agents intercepted a parcel addressed to Alexander that contained 119 counterfeit checks and money orders. It had originated in Nigeria and had been shipped through France.
Source:
U.S. Department of Justice
Posted in:
Check Fraud