United States v. Jaime Ligator et. al.

Alfredo Susi

On May 14, 2010, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, in an unpublished opinion, affirmed the convictions of Alfredo Susi, but vacated his sentence and remanded the case for resentencing. Following remand, on December 7, 2010, Susi was re-sentenced to 160 months in prison, 3 years of supervised release, and ordered to forfeit $1,885,369 and to pay $1,105,000 in restitution, jointly and severally with co-defendants and co-conspirators. Susi has already surrendered $1.05 million from a Switzerland account, which is to be applied to his restitution obligation. Subsequently, on March 21, 2012, following a second appeal taken by defendant Susi, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the sentence imposed at Susi's resentencing.

Susi was convicted on April 2, 2008 after a jury trial in the U.S. District for the Western District of North Carolina of one count of conspiracy (Count 1: 18 U.S.C. § 371) and eighteen counts of wire fraud (Counts 4-7, 11-24:18 U.S.C. § 1343), with a telemarketing fraud enhancement, stemming from a massive, Costa Rica-based telemarketing fraud scheme that targeted thousands of U.S. residents, resulting in victim losses of more than $10 million. The jury also returned a special verdict of $1.885 million in forfeiture. Five counts of wire fraud (Counts 2, 3, 8, 9 & 10) were dismissed on March 31, 2008, prior to the start of the trial

Susi was originally sentenced on November 21, 2008 to 180 months' incarceration, 3 years supervised release and ordered to forfeit $1.885 million. In addition, Susi was ordered to pay $4.2 million in restitution, jointly and severally with his co-defendants and co-conspirators.

Chad Michael Schneider

Jaime Ligator

Allen Fialkoff

Sheldon Brenowitz