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25 years fed time, no parole. Hopefully this sends a message to these losers.

http://www.justice.gov/criminal/vns/caseup/adkins-tonsing.html

A sentencing for Glen Adkins, Jr., (a/k/a Benjamin Walker, Robert Hayward) and Warren F. Tonsing, Jr., (a/k/a Tony Blake) occurred on October 30, 2014. Adkins was sentenced to 300 months of incarceration, followed by 2 years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $2.4 million in restitution. Tonsing was sentenced to 144 months of incarceration, followed by 2 years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $2.4 million in restitution.

http://mugshots.com/US-Counties/North-Carolina/Mecklenburg-County-NC/Glen-Adkins.20863233.html
 

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Fucking Schmuck!


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United States v. Glen Adkins, Jr., and Warren F. Tonsing, Jr.
Court Docket Number: 3:12-cr-00259-RJC-DCK

This case is assigned to Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr., United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, 401 West Trade Street, Room 210, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202.
A sentencing for Glen Adkins, Jr., (a/k/a Benjamin Walker, Robert Hayward) and Warren F. Tonsing, Jr., (a/k/a Tony Blake) occurred on October 30, 2014. Adkins was sentenced to 300 months of incarceration, followed by 2 years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $2.4 million in restitution. Tonsing was sentenced to 144 months of incarceration, followed by 2 years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $2.4 million in restitution.
It is important for you to know that just because the Court ordered the defendant to make restitution in this case does not mean that the defendant is financially capable of making restitution at this time. In the event that sufficient restitution payments are received from the defendant, the funds will be distributed by the Clerk of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.
On August 8, 2013, Glen Adkins, Jr., (a/k/a Benjamin Walker, Robert Hayward) and Warren F. Tonsing, Jr., (a/k/a Tony Blake) were each convicted, in a jury trial that began on August 5, 2013, of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud (Count 1: 18 U.S.C. § 1349), eight counts of wire fraud (Counts 2-9: 18 U.S.C. § 1343), one count of conspiracy to launder monetary instruments (Count 10: 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h)), and four counts of international money laundering (Counts 11-14: 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(2)(A)) charged in an August 2012 indictment in connection with an offshore fraudulent telemarketing scheme based in Costa Rica. Previously, Adkins was charged by complaint in July 2012.
According to court documents and the evidence at trial, Adkins and Tonsing and their co-conspirators worked in a "call center" or boiler room located in Costa Rica and defrauded United States residents, typically over the age of 55, by deceiving them into believing that they had won prizes in a "sweepstakes contest." Victim calls were made from Costa Rica using the internet and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) to disguise the originating location of the calls. The evidence revealed that the victims were informed that to receive their "prize," they were to wire, via Western Union, thousands of dollars for a purported "refundable insurance fee" to a so-called "insurance entity" in Costa Rica. When victims questioned the legitimacy of the operation, they were given phone numbers purportedly to United States government employees – actually telemarketers in Costa Rica - who falsely reassured the victims that they had in fact won a sweepstakes prize. The wires to Costa Rica went through Western Union in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The defendants and their co-conspirators continued to solicit victims to send more money until their victims’ funds were depleted or the victims realized they were defrauded. The written information on this website will be updated as new developments arise in the case. If you have any questions, please call Pam Washington toll-free at (888) 549-3945 or email her at victimassistance.fraud@usdoj.gov
Related case: Related cases pending in the Western District of North Carolina, United States v. Jeffrey Robert Bonner (Court Docket No. 3:13-cr-21) and United States v. Patricia Diane Clark (Court Docket No. 3:13-cr-00163-FDW-DCK.
 

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A couple more scammers from the same set of these fake lottery indictments. Both have arrest warrants.

Darra Lee Shephard


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Cody Burgsteiner


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Both of these are recent pics from Facebook. Bold for people who's co-conspirators are getting 25 year Federal sentences. As Betallsports says "Hope they rot in jail"...
 

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For a fugitive facing 20+ years, this guy looks pretty happy and certainly not camera shy as you would expect. Sharp eyes will recognize Karla, one of the bartenders at the Del Rey in that pic. Not sure if she still works there or not as its been awhile since I popped in...
 

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How dumb do you have to be to send money their way?
 

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How dumb do you have to be to send money their way?

Its actually shocking how successful they were. I read the indictment in that link in this thread and they were actually getting people to meet in supermarket parking lots in California to give them cash at times. To me the scam just doesn't even make sense but it seemed to work. I think its just a volume game. Some people are just very stupid and these guys know the right demographics to target. This isn't entirely cold calling as they are using somewhat hot leads from people who filled out a lottery type lead form. Asking an American to Western Union "fees" to Costa Rica though I can't really get my head around how they dance around that one. I'd love to hear the sales pitch just out of interest. I can't believe this guy got 25 years as he probably didn't even make much money. Doing a job like this to make peanuts is even dumber than sending money to Costa Rica to a scammer. Likely with the mastermind still on the run, he turned down a plea that would have gotten him 5 years and took his chances as a bit player with a trial expecting to get a year or two upon conviction. I'm sure he's pretty shocked. But hard to feel bad for the guy. I'm sure somebody reading this knows these characters. From the pic above with Karla, that looks like a familiar bar in Santa Ana. The other woman is still working in a call center called Vialinx according to her Facebook. This is a big operation started by the owner of Datascension. Not smart for any company to knowingly employ a fugitive and hard to deny you know she's a fugitive when you Google her name and one of the first results indicates this. I'm sure there is a US law against this. Something like being an accessory. The rabbit hole looks pretty deep here and I've spent all but 10 minutes looking at this with no special resources.
 

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