How to Use wire fraud in a Sentence

wire fraud

noun
  • He was charged with wire fraud.
  • Paul Schnitzer, 51, of Clermont, Fla., is charged with one count of wire fraud.
    Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 22 May 2024
  • The 36-year-old was sentenced to 20 years in prison on the extortion and wire fraud charges.
    Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Molla pleaded guilty to one of two counts of wire fraud.
    Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 13 Oct. 2022
  • If he is convicted of wire fraud, Lott faces up to 20 years in prison.
    Staff Reports, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Beard pleaded guilty in July 2023 to one count of wire fraud.
    Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Giri is charged by indictment with five counts of wire fraud.
    Luke Barr, ABC News, 19 Nov. 2022
  • James Zhong, the 32-year-old behind the theft, pleaded guilty Friday to a single count of wire fraud.
    Tory Newmyer, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2022
  • The jury is tasked with deciding whether to find the three guilty on charges of mail fraud, wire fraud and bank fraud.
    Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Last week, the 30-year-old pleaded guilty to wire fraud in front of a magistrate court judge in New York.
    Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Jan. 2023
  • That left Pooley guilty on two counts of wire fraud and one count of identity theft.
    Stephen Hobbs, Sacramento Bee, 24 May 2024
  • That includes wire fraud, such as attempts to steal a down payment.
    Nerdwallet, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Anderson pleaded guilty in June to one count of wire fraud.
    Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Long Nguyen pleaded guilty last October to four counts of wire fraud.
    Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The men each face one count of securities fraud and three counts of wire fraud with a maximum of 20 years in prison.
    Jennifer Korn, CNN, 6 Nov. 2022
  • Badolato also pleaded guilty on Thursday to wire fraud and faces up to 414 years in prison.
    Shayna Jacobs, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2022
  • If he is convicted of wire fraud, he could be sentenced to a maximum of 20 years in prison.
    Lucy Brewster, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2022
  • They were charged with 12 counts of bank and wire fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy.
    Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 5 Oct. 2024
  • James Clayton Wolf has been charged in federal court with felony wire fraud.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 13 July 2022
  • Smith has been federally charged with bank and wire fraud.
    Violet Ikonomova, Detroit Free Press, 28 June 2024
  • Santos, who faces wire fraud charges in a separate case, was not named in the indictment.
    Harold Maass, The Week, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The Brooklyn pastor was sentenced to nine years in prison this week for wire fraud and extortion charges.
    Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 18 June 2024
  • Chastain is charged with wire fraud and money laundering; each charge could land him up to 20 years in prison.
    Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 2 June 2022
  • Thompson was convicted of one count of wire fraud and six counts of computer fraud and abuse.
    Maya Miller, Anchorage Daily News, 19 June 2022
  • The judge later dismissed nine counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud against the pair.
    Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The jury also found Lee guilty of wire fraud and obstruction of justice.
    Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2022
  • Sean Pierre Jackson, 33, pleaded guilty to wire fraud in August.
    Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The maximum sentence for each count of wire fraud is 20 years in federal prison.
    Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The Fyre Festival promoter pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud in 2018 and was sentenced to six years in prison.
    Joseph De Avila, WSJ, 19 May 2022
  • Co-anchor Michael Che then turned to Adams’ indictment this week for bribery, wire fraud, conspiracy, and two counts of soliciting campaign contributions from foreign nationals.
    William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2024

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