United States v. Giuseppe Pileggi, et al. - Court Docket Number: 3:06-CR-00151-W USAO No. 200601603
The cases of all of the defendants identified below are before the Honorable Judge Frank D. Whitney, Courtroom 1, United States Courthouse, 401 W. Trade Street, Charlotte, NC 28202.
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| Giuseppe Pileggi |
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Pileggi was found guilty on February 1, 2008, following a week-long jury trial, on all 23 counts of a superseding indictment, filed on December 5, 2006, charging him with one count of conspiracy (Count 1: 18 U.S.C. § 371) and 22 counts of wire fraud (Counts 2-23: 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 2326(2)(A) & (B)). The jury also returned a special forfeiture verdict of $8.3 million (18 U.S.C. § 982(a)(8)). Pileggi is the 29th defendant to be convicted on charges stemming from the fraudulent telemarketing scheme.
Pileggi was sentenced on September 24, 2008 to 50 years’ incarceration, 3 years’ supervised release, and ordered to forfeit $8.3 million. In addition, Pileggi was ordered to pay up to $5 million in restitution, jointly and severally with his co-defendants.
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| Michael Forchemer |
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Michael Forchemer entered a guilty plea on January 23, 2008 and was detained without bond on March 5, 2007; a subsequent Motion to Review Detention Order was denied on June 7, 2007. Forchemer was sentenced on August 18, 2008 to 87 months' incarceration, 3 years supervised release and ordered to pay $10 million in restitution, jointly and severally with his co-defendants.
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| Herman Kankrini |
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Kankrini pled guilty on January 15, 2008 and was sentenced on June 2, 2009 to 87 months' incarceration, 3 years supervised release and ordered to pay $10 million in restitution, jointly and severally with his co-defendants. He was also ordered to forfeit $17,000.00.
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| Victor Kustra |
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Pled guilty on November 13, 2007 and was sentenced on September 24, 2008 to 33 months' incarceration, 3 years' supervised release and ordered to pay up to $5 million in restitution, jointly and severally with his co-defendants.
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| Ray Anthony Bingham Wanchope |
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Ray Anthony Bingham Wanchope entered a guilty plea on January 30, 2007 and was sentenced on August 18, 2008 to 41 months' incarceration, 3 years supervised probation and ordered to pay $10 million in restitution, jointly and severally with his other co-defendants.
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| Michael Hennessey |
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Pled guilty on January 22, 2007. Hennessey was sentenced on October 28, 2008 to 105 months' incarceration and ordered to pay $10 million in restitution, jointly and severally with his other co-defendants. |
| Martin Kalchstein |
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Martin Kalchstein was indicted on March 18, 2009 in the Western District of North Carolina and charged with one count of failure to surrender for service of sentence (Count 1: 18 U.S.C. § 3146) and one count of contempt of court (Count 2: 18 U.S.C. § 401(3)). He was detained on April 15, 2009, following his arraignment and then entered a guilty plea on June 5, 2009 before Magistrate Judge David Kessler to both counts of the March 2009 indictment. No sentencing date has been set.
Kalchstein previously pled guilty in January 2007 to one count of conspiracy and two counts of wire fraud contained in a December 2006, and was sentenced on October 28, 2008 to 90 months' incarceration and ordered to pay $10 million in restitution, jointly and severally with his co-defendants. The court had ordered him to self-surrender for service of his sentence. Instead of reporting to Miami Federal Correctional Center on February 26, 2009, as ordered, Kalchstein fled to Mexico. Postal Inspectors and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, working together with Mexican federal authorities, located Kalchstein Mexico, just six days after he was scheduled to report. And, following his arrest on March 4, 2009, Kalchstein was immediately deported to Laredo, Texas.
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| Trent Bradford Nyffeler |
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Pled guilty on January 30, 2007. Sentencing has been continued to a date to be determined by the Clerk of the Court.
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| Brian Wall Coyle |
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Pled guilty on February 21, 2007. Coyle was sentenced on September 24, 2008, to 37 months,' 3 years' supervised release and ordered to pay up to $5 million in restitution, jointly and severally wtih his co-defendants.
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| Larry Edward Cunningham |
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Pled guilty on March 5, 2007. Cunningham was sentenced on October 28, 2008 to 110 months' incarceration and ordered to pay $10 million in restitution, jointly an severally, with his co-defendants.
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| Jesse David Reid |
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Jesse David Reid entered a guity plea in the Cummins case on February 8, 2007 and was sentenced on August 18, 2008 to 41 months' incarceration, 3 years supervised release and ordered to pay $5 million in restitution, jointly and severally with his co-defendants.
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| Michael Attilio Mangarella |
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Mangarella was convicted on all counts on September 18, 2008, following a week long trial. The verdict also included $17.5 miullion in forfeiture. Mangarella has been detained without bond since April 11, 2008. Mangarella’s June 2, 2009 sentencing hearing has been postponed indefinitely.
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Robert Kustra is on bond in Argentina awaiting extradition to the United States. Andreas Roman Leimer is a fugitive. |
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