The Justice Department issued the following statement.
A Jackson man pled guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud through Facebook Marketplace.
According to court records, Jerrick Floyd, 24, conspired with others to organize a scheme to defraud individuals selling vehicles on Facebook Marketplace. The victim would receive a fake cashier’s check or wire transfer to their bank and Floyd would arrange for an accomplice to pick up the vehicle before the victim discovered they had been deceived.
Floyd will be sentenced on April 3, 2024. He faces up to twenty years in prison. A federal district judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
U.S. Attorney Todd W. Gee of the Southern District of Mississippi and Acting Special Agent in Charge Jessica Orench of the Federal Bureau of Investigation made the announcement.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Lynn Murray is prosecuting the case.
3 comments:
How do you perform a fake wire transfer? There is documentation and the person has to sign the wire transfer form authorizing the transfer to take place. The transfer should be made available very quickly but the person who the money is going to be wired to needs to make sure the money is in place before they release the vehicle. Where did this criminal get paperwork to forge a wire transfer?
12:49- Just ask your bank.
This exact thing has been a problem for several years.
These thefts occurred about 150 times while Floyd was locked up in Hinds County, per the Capitol Police. I think he was only charged with 4 counts.
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