United States of America v. Matthew Ramos-Soto

Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, see 18

U.S.C. §§ 1343, 1349.



In 2022 and 2023, Ramos-Soto and other conspirators participated in a wire-fraud scheme that targeted elderly Wisconsin residents. Under the scheme, conspirators operating in Canada—called the victims and claimed to be a relative or a relative's attorney in need of bail money. The callers said that the relative had been arrested for causing a car accident that severely injured or killed another person. Several couriers, including Ramos-Soto, traveled throughout Wisconsin and picked up the cash directly from the victims at their homes. Over a four-day period, the conspirators made off with $247,085 from nearly two dozen victims. Ramos-Soto eventually was arrested and later pleaded guilty to the wire fraud offense.

The Defendant was found guilty and was sentenced to 41 months in prison.