United States Attorney's Office District of Connecticut
Press Release

FORMER CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS EMPLOYEE SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR STEALING AND SELLING MERCHANDISE

Kevin J. O’Connor, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ORLANDO NADAL, 39, was sentenced on Friday, October 22, by United States District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 18 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release.  On June 26, 2007, NADAL pleaded guilty to one count of interstate transportation of stolen merchandise arising from his scheme to defraud his employer, Charter Communications of Newtown, Connecticut, by stealing and selling more than $200,000 worth of equipment.

According to documents filed with the Court and statements made in court, NADAL worked for Charter Communications as a regional director of information technology and a director of technical services, with responsibilities that included ordering merchandise for Charter Communications.  In pleading guilty, NADAL admitted that he stole networking and computer equipment from Charter Communications by causing it to be sent to addresses that he controlled in Connecticut and other states.  NADAL then sold the equipment to purchasers in Maryland, Arizona and Oklahoma.  Some of the equipment was sold over the internet on EBay.  In total, NADAL stole more than $200,000 worth of Charter Communications equipment and made more than $100,000 selling the equipment between 2004 and 2006.

Judge Arterton ordered NADAL to pay restitution in the amount of $200,096.25.

This matter was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation with the assistance of  Charter Communications.  The case was prosecuted by Senior Litigation Counsel Richard J. Schechter.

CONTACT:

U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Tom Carson
(203) 821-3722
thomas.carson@usdoj.gov