Thursday, June 19, 2008
Wyoming County Man Indicted for Fraud
A Wyoming County man has been indicted on wire fraud charges and retaliating against a state trooper in Logan by the federal grand jury, according to the US Attorneys' office in Charleston.Larry Robert Jackson, 25, of North Spring in Wyoming County, allegedly swindled victims on a trade involving heavy equipment from Mexico.The indictment alleges that on Nov. 10, 2006, through Dec. 3, 2006, in North Springs, Isban and Gilbert in Mingo County, defendant Larry Robert Jackson "did knowingly devise a scheme and artifice to defraud and to obtain money and property by means of false and fraudulent pretenses" in what is referred to as a "scheme" which "involved fraudulently obtaining an excavator from a company in Mexico and trading that excavator to a company in Pennsylvania in exchange for another excavator and money."
"It was the purpose of the scheme to enrich defendant Larry Robert Jackson and others known to the grand jury by fraudulently obtaining and trading heavy equipment," the documentation also states, explaining that Jackson agreed to trade four bulldozers in exchange for the excavator owned by a company located south of the border.Jackson allegedly "did fail to deliver the bulldozers as he had promised as he never had the bulldozers to trade."After the victim delivered the excavator Jackson "did transfer the excavator he had fraudulently obtained from the company located in Mexico to the company in Pennsylvania for another excavator and $17,500.""On or about Nov. 20, 2006, at or near Gilbert in Mingo County... defentant Larry Robert Jackson did knowingly cause to be transmitted by means of wire communication in interstate commerce certain writings... a bank wire transfer in the amount of $10,000 from or at near Cambridge Springs, Pa., to at or near Gilbert," the indictment states, furthermore stating that on May 20, 2008, at or near Logan County... Larry Robert Jackson did knowingly threaten to engage in, conduct and thereby cause bodily injury to another person, that is, a sergeant of the West Virginia State Police, with the intent to retaliate against the sergeant for giving information relating to the commission and possible commission of a federal offense to a federal law enforcement officer.Jackson faces a possible penalty of 40 years in prison and a $500,000 fine if found guilty of those charges. An indictment is a formal, written accusation by a grand jury and is not proof of guilt. Proof or innocence in a court of law is decided by a trial or the entering of a plea.
Coutesy : Logan Banner
"It was the purpose of the scheme to enrich defendant Larry Robert Jackson and others known to the grand jury by fraudulently obtaining and trading heavy equipment," the documentation also states, explaining that Jackson agreed to trade four bulldozers in exchange for the excavator owned by a company located south of the border.Jackson allegedly "did fail to deliver the bulldozers as he had promised as he never had the bulldozers to trade."After the victim delivered the excavator Jackson "did transfer the excavator he had fraudulently obtained from the company located in Mexico to the company in Pennsylvania for another excavator and $17,500.""On or about Nov. 20, 2006, at or near Gilbert in Mingo County... defentant Larry Robert Jackson did knowingly cause to be transmitted by means of wire communication in interstate commerce certain writings... a bank wire transfer in the amount of $10,000 from or at near Cambridge Springs, Pa., to at or near Gilbert," the indictment states, furthermore stating that on May 20, 2008, at or near Logan County... Larry Robert Jackson did knowingly threaten to engage in, conduct and thereby cause bodily injury to another person, that is, a sergeant of the West Virginia State Police, with the intent to retaliate against the sergeant for giving information relating to the commission and possible commission of a federal offense to a federal law enforcement officer.Jackson faces a possible penalty of 40 years in prison and a $500,000 fine if found guilty of those charges. An indictment is a formal, written accusation by a grand jury and is not proof of guilt. Proof or innocence in a court of law is decided by a trial or the entering of a plea.
Coutesy : Logan Banner
# posted by Joe Kinzer @ 2:39 PM 
