3 Sentenced
For Their Role In Fraud
Scheme Against US Residents
The Associated Press - The owner of a Costa
Rica-based telemarketing call center
and two workers at another call
center face prison for their roles
in schemes that defrauded thousands
of U.S. residents out of more than
$10 million.
The U.S. Department of Justice said
Tuesday that that 33-year-old
Michael Kearns of Sacramento,
Calif., was sentenced to nine years
in prison. Forty-four-year-old
Herman Kankrini of Montreal received
more than seven years, and
32-year-old Severin Marcel Stone of
Los Angeles received a similar
sentence.
The men pleaded guilty to conspiring
to defraud people out of millions by
convincing them they had won a large
cash prize in a sweepstakes.
Indictments returned in Asheville
and Charlotte, N.C., have charged 46
defendants for their roles in the
scheme. So far, 33 have pleaded
guilty and three have been
convicted.
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