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Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty to $4.4 Million VOIP Fraud Scheme

Seeded on Tue Apr 26, 2011 9:50 PM EDT
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TRENTON, NJ—A man who pretended to be an Internet telephone service wholesaler today admitted his role in a scheme to steal more than $4.4 million from multiple Voice Over Internet Protocol service providers, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

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To make it appear as if the shell companies were legitimate VOIP wholesalers and to induce the victim providers to extend credit to the companies on favorable terms, Bhambhani and his co-conspirators took several fraudulent steps, including establishing fake business addresses for the shell companies at prominent New York locations, including the Empire State Building.

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Reply#1 - Tue Apr 26, 2011 9:51 PM EDT
Enoch-2699399

Shameful. All too prevalent in this economy too. Enoch.

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