11-20-2006, 11:00 AM
Quote:Three Jupiter residents have been charged with mail fraud for their participation in a nationwide scheme via eBay to defraud retail businesses throughout the United States.
Prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney's office for the Southern District of Florida say that Steven M. May Jr., Joseph John Vaguera and Christopher W. Cook established lines of credit with more than 30 businesses based on false and fraudulent financial information and then used the fraudulently obtained lines of credit to obtain assorted high-end merchandise which they subsequently sold on eBay. During the course of the scheme, prosecutors said the defendants defrauded more than 30 businesses of more than $1.8 million.
If convicted, each defendant could face up to 20 years in prison...
full article: http://www.northcountrygazette.org/artic...cheme.html