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TexasTowelie

(111,322 posts)
Thu May 16, 2019, 12:58 AM May 2019

Former Houston Businessmen Sentenced for Fraudulently Taking Over $5 Million

HOUSTON – Two men have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions for conspiracy to commit wire fraud involving a fraudulent invoice scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.

Larry Allen Page, 67, of Katy, and John A. Elsner, 53, formerly of Houston and now of Washington State, pleaded guilty Dec. 11, 2018, and Jan. 7, 2019, respectively.

Today, U.S. District Judge Nancy F. Atlas ordered Page to serve 15 months in federal prison and pay $5,467,532.54 in restitution to his victims. Two days prior, Elsner was sentenced to 51 months in prison and $5,579,532.54 in restitution. Both men will also be required to serve one and three years of supervised release, respectively, following their release from prison.

At Elsner’s hearing, the court heard that the scheme spanned four years and the amount in false invoices grew each year of the scheme. Judge Atlas noted that the length of and repetitive nature of the criminal conduct was a factor in the decision of how long to send each to prison.

Read more: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/former-houston-businessmen-sentenced-fraudulently-taking-over-5-million

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Former Houston Businessmen Sentenced for Fraudulently Taking Over $5 Million (Original Post) TexasTowelie May 2019 OP
Dudes must be white ... mr_lebowski May 2019 #1
+1 MLAA May 2019 #2
 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
1. Dudes must be white ...
Thu May 16, 2019, 01:52 AM
May 2019

If you were Black or Latino, you'd get 15 months + 1 year supervised release ... for breaking into the coin box of a pay phone and scoring $20 in small change ... whereas this dude got that for stealing FIVE FVCKING MILLION DOLLAR$.

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