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Gulfport, Miss – Two individuals have been extradited from South Africa and one from Canada in a case that includes defendants in California, Wisconsin, Indiana, and New York, to face charges on a nine-count federal indictment filed in the Southern District of Mississippi involving various internet fraud schemes, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis.
The indictment alleges numerous complex financial fraud schemes over the internet, including romance scams, re-shipping scams, fraudulent check scams and work-at-home scams, along with bank, financial, and credit card account take-overs.
An indictment is a formal charge against a defendant. Under the law, an indictment is merely an accusation and a defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty
INFORMATION FOR VICTIMS AFFECTED BY THE SCHEMES:
1. If you believe you were the victim of criminal fraud committed by any of the defendants, possibly using the below email addresses and/or names, please go to http://www.justice.gov/usao/mss/scams and complete the questionnaire.
The case is alleged to have begun as early as 2001. The investigation was initiated in
October, 2011 by Homeland Security Investigation agents in Gulfport after U.S. law
enforcement officers were contacted by a female victim in Mississippi who was the target of a
romance scam. The victim received a package in the mail requesting that she reship the
merchandise to an address in Pretoria, South Africa. The investigation later revealed that the
merchandise was purchased using stolen personal identity information and fraudulent credit card
information of persons in the United States. Investigators have identified hundreds of victims of
this scam in the United States, resulting in the loss of millions of U.S. dollars. Other schemes
discovered by the investigation include advance check schemes where a victim receives a check
and is asked to deposit it then send money by Western Union, MoneyGram or prepaid credit
cards to another person, only to find out later the check is not valid.
Email Addresses Used:
REDARMY_TX_HOST@YAHOO.COM RWASSER@ROCKETMAIL.COM RDARWIN322@GMAIL.COM KAREN_ROB01@YAHOO.COM FAYEKIMBERLY@YMAIL.COM GERVINOJ@YAHOO.COM JOHNVINO56@GMAIL.COM KEVINSMITH3949@YAHOO.COM ANITA.LAUREN01@GMAIL.COM SPOWELL26AL@GMAIL.COM GENTILEMARK186@GMAIL.COM LMG.ORCHID1827@GMAIL.COM MATT.MILLER4070@GMAIL.COM HORLAMI84@Y AHOO.COM OLADIMEJISEUN2008@YAHOO.COM JUSTIN.WORSHAM@Y AHOO.COM MIMICOLE001@Y AHOO.COM FMPLUST12@GMAIL.COM STARENTERPRISE74@YAHOO.COM PETERLAWSON5050@YAHOO.COM ADDIEP01@YAHOO.COM GLENNSATTELBERG1961@GMAIL.COM LLOYDFARELL0012008@YAHOO.COM Names Used:
Richard Wasser Glenn Sattelberg
MOBICOALZ@GMAIL.COM FOLLYEDWARDS@YAHOO.COM RDARWIN324@GMAIL.COM FAYEKIMBERLY19@YAHOO.COM TESCOSG@YAHOO.COM GERVINOJ11@GMAIL.COM RASAQ_ADEROJU@Y AHOO.COM SMITHKEVIN902@GMAIL.COM ANITA.LAUREN1@GMAIL.COM SPOWELL26AL3@Y AHOO.COM RHULANEF@Y AHOO.COM MARK2GENTLE@Y AHOO.COM JONES_DICKSON@YAHOO.COM MARCHAS1963@GMAIL.COM STACYADAMS20009@YAHOO.COM OLUW A_NISHOLA@Y AHOO.COM FNCYJEN@Y AHOO.COM MAXWELLSAMUEL59@Y AHOO.COM SUSANV1418@YAHOO.COM FEMI_OMORAKA@YAHOO.COM SEGSEA121@YAHOO.COM EMPLOYMENTOFFERS007@YAHOO.COM
Adeline Piper, Folly Edwards,
Samuel Maxwell, Regina Darwin, Marlon Chase, Dickson Jones, Kimberly Faye, Lorene M. Garrett, Mark Gentile, Kevin Smith,
Stacy Adams, Justin Worsham, Karen Robinson, Mark Miller, Mark Smith, John Gervino, Sarah Powell, and Anita Lauren
The information you provide through the questionnaire regarding your experience may be helpful in the criminal investigation and prosecution of this case. A law enforcement agent may contact you with additional questions or to request documents you may have received or submitted during your dealings with these individuals. To access the questionnaire please go to http://www.justice.gov/usao/mss/scams/ and input the user name fraud and the password scam.
Please note that submitting the questionnaire is NOT a substitute for consulting with your own attorney to determine what actions and remedies may be available to you through civil litigation.
2. You may access the website for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Mississippi: http://www.justice.gov/usao/mss to obtain more information on the case or the court proceedings. You may also obtain information at http://justice.gov/largecases/.
3. If you have any questions related to this matter that are not addressed at the above websites, you may contact the government at the email address USAMSS.Scams@usdoj.gov.
The Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations and the United States Postal Inspection Service are investigating this fraud.
The case in Mississippi will be prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Annette Williams and Scott Gilbert, along with Robert Tully of the Organized Crime Gang Section.