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NEW ORLEANS WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO WIRE FRAUD AND CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT THEFT OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS
June 25, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
GLENDA HALL, age 56, of New Orleans, Louisiana, pled guilty in federal court today before U.S. District Judge Lance M. Africk to wire fraud and conspiracy to commit theft of government funds, announced U. S. Attorney Jim Letten.
According to court documents, HALL admitted that she conspired with others to fraudulently divert government retirement funds by stealing the identities of deceased federal retirees. After obtaining control of the retirement accounts, HALL diverted the funds from the deceased retirees’ accounts to bank accounts and addresses controlled and/or accessed by HALL.
HALL faces a maximum term of imprisonment of twenty (20) years, a fine of $250,000.00 and three (3) years of supervised release following any term of imprisonment. Sentencing is set for September 24, 2009.
The case was investigated by the U. S. Secret Service, the U. S. Postal Inspection Service, the Office of Personnel Management, the U. S. Veterans Administration, the U. S. Social Security Administration, the U. S. Department of Defense, and the Railroad Retirement Board, and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Loan “Mimi” Nguyen.
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