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Clifton Man Gets 5 Years In Fed Pen For Multi-Million-Dollar Email Scheme Clifton Man Gets 5 Years In Fed Pen For Multi-Million-Dollar Email Scheme
Clifton Man Gets 5 Years In Fed Pen For Multi-Million-Dollar Email Scheme UPDATE: A Clifton man must spend the next five years in federal prison for a massive emailing scheme that conned businesses and individuals out of more than $1 million. In addition to the prison term, a federal judge in Trenton sentenced Lawrence Espaillat, 42, to three years of supervised release and ordered him to pay restitution of $1.7 million and forfeit $12,000. Espaillat must serve the entire term for his guilty plea to conspiracy to commit wire fraud because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Espaillat previously admitted working with co-conspirators Corry Pringley and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Clifton Man Admits Scamming Businesses, Individuals In Multi-Million-Dollar Email Scheme Clifton Man Admits Scamming Businesses, Individuals In Multi-Million-Dollar Email Scheme
Clifton Man Admits Scamming Businesses, Individuals In Multi-Million-Dollar Email Scheme A Clifton man admitted in federal court on Wednesday that he helped mastermind a massive emailing scheme that scammed more than $1 million from businesses and individuals. Lawrence Espaillat, 41, said he worked with co-conspirators Corry Pringley and Amanda Suazo to recruit “mules” to provide personal info that was used to incorporate phony businesses under their names. The ringleaders then opened bank accounts in the names of the sham companies, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Next came a cyber attack in which they created email addresses that were extremely similar to those of legit…

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by Jerry DeMarco