Last of Nine Individuals Charged in Attempted $17 Million Fraud of DOT is Sentenced

Office of Inspector General

Title:	Last of Nine Individuals Charged in Attempted $17 Million Fraud of DOT is Sentenced
Date:	January 04, 2005
Type:	Investigation
Summary:	Lisa Brown, of Palmyra, NJ was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Camden, NJ to four months of home confinement, two years probation, and fined $1,000 for her part in a scheme to defraud DOT and other entities of over $17 million. Brown pled guilty in September 2004 to one count of misprision of a felony for concealing her knowledge of a conspiracy to possess and pass false and fictitious money orders with intent to defraud. DOT suffered no monetary loss, but some creditors accepting the money orders lost over $91,000. Five of the other defendants whose cases went to trial were fined and sentenced to serve jail time. Brown received a lesser sentence because there was no evidence that she took an active part in the scheme. The investigation was conducted jointly with the FBI and the U.S. Secret Service.