FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	CONTACT: Lauren Horwood
March 9, 2011	PHONE: (916) 554-2706
www.usdoj.gov/usao/cae	usacae.edcapress@usdoj.gov
Docket #: CR-S-10-406 KJN

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that Ronald Bernard Sheckler, 56, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by United States Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman to 10 months in prison, a year of supervised release, and ordered to pay $100,000 in restitution for making a false statement to obtain federal workers' compensation, a misdemeanor. On September 20, 2010, Sheckler pleaded guilty to the offense.

This case was the product of an investigation by the Department of Labor's Office of Inspector General, the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General – Defense Criminal Investigative Service, and the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command. Assistant United States Attorney Matthew Stegman prosecuted the case.

According to court documents, Sheckler began receiving workers compensation benefits in April 1998. He was required to submit an annual questionnaire to certify his continued unemployment and disability. In 2000, the defendant founded Amalgamated Video International (AVI), a Sacramento-based maker of Internet broadcast equipment. Although the defendant was the founder, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and the majority shareholder of AVI, he falsely stated on the annual questionnaire that he was not employed, self-employed, or engaged in any business enterprise. As a result of the fraud, between August 2000 and September 2010, Sheckler received approximately $100,000 in benefits to which he was not entitled.

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