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Gulfport, Miss – Funso Hassan and Anthony Shane Jeffers entered guilty pleas on Monday, April 11, 2016, before Chief District Judge Louis Guirola, Jr., in a case involving counterfeit checks distributed through fraudulent “Mystery Shopper” internet sites, U. S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced today.
Funso Hassan, 27, of Ibadan, Nigeria, faces a maximum of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit identity theft and theft of government property along with use of mail and interstate facility to distribute proceeds of a racketeering activity. Hassan also faces deportation as a convicted felon. He will be sentenced on July 11, 2016.
Anthony Shane Jeffers, 44, of Maryville, Tennessee, faces a maximum of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit identity theft and theft of government property along with use of mail and interstate facility to distribute proceeds of a racketeering activity. He will be sentenced on July 22, 2016.
This case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Annette Williams and Department of Justice Trial Attorneys Conor Mulroe, of the Organized Crime Gang Section, and Peter Roman of the Computer Crimes and Intellectual Property Section.
