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Date: 02-28-2023
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United States of America v. Jennifer Campbell
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Judge: Lawrence J. Vilardo
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of New York (Erie County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office in Buffalo
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Buffalo, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud.
Jennifer Campbell, age 48, was was employed as the Office Manager and Chief Compliance Officer at an investment advisory firm based in Buffalo, with access to client accounts. Between November 2018, and May 2021, Campbell used this access to steal over $500,000 from several clients and from the firm itself, primarily by writing checks from client accounts, forging the signatures of either the client or a principal at the firm, and then depositing the checks into her own personal account.
Campbell took various steps to conceal her theft. In one instance, she sent a victim a falsified account statement that purported to show an account balance of approximately $148,000, when in fact the account at the time had a balance of only $93. In another instance, Campbell took funds from a client and transferred them to the bank account of one of her earlier victims. Finally, Campbell gained access to the email accounts of the firm’s principals and diverted emails that they received from anti-money laundering and financial crimes personnel at the firm’s broker-dealer, who had begun to raise questions about some of the transactions that Campbell had engaged in. In an effort to put off these inquiries, Campbell sent several emails using the email account of a firm principal. In these emails, Campbell made various false statements and submitted fake documentation in an effort to make the transactions appear legitimate.
The sentencing is the result of an investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Thomas Fattorusso, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Matthew Miraglia.
18:1343.F FRAUD BY WIRE, RADIO, OR TELEVISION
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Outcome: Defendant is sentenced to the custody of Bureau of Prisons for a term of 36 months. Defendant shall be placed on supervised release for a term of 3 years. Restitution in the amount of $371,332.11 imposed. $100 Special Penalty Assessment imposed.
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