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FRESNO, CA—Phillip Jacob Shinen, 32,formerly of Madera, was arrested today in Southern California on a charge ofwire fraud relating to the fraudulent sale of websites, United States AttorneyBenjamin B. Wagner announced. The May 17, 2012 indictment was unsealedfollowing his arrest. Shinen is scheduled to appear today before a UnitedStates Magistrate Judge in Santa Ana, California.
The indictment alleges that betweenFebruary 2007 and March 2008, Shinen advertised and sold websites to thepublic. He guaranteed to purchasers that the websites would produce a certainthreshold income and promised that he would train purchasers to use the websites.The websites, however, did not generate the level of income or Internet trafficclaimed by Shinen. In order to make it difficult for the website purchasers tocontact him, Shinen used a number of aliases.
This case is the product of aninvestigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Cyber Crimes Task Force,which is made up of law enforcement officers from the FBI, Fresno PoliceDepartment, and the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant United StatesAttorney Henry Z. Carbajal, III is prosecuting the case.
The maximum statutory penalty for wirefraud is 20 years in prison. The actual sentence, if convicted, will bedetermined at the discretion of the court after consideration of any applicablestatutory factors and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which take intoaccount a number of variables.
The charges are only allegations and thedefendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond areasonable doubt.
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