United States Attorney David Capp

Northern District of Indiana

E. Ross Adair Federal Building & United States Courthouse

1300 South Harrison Street, Room 3128

Fort Wayne, IN 46802-3489

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                         CONTACT: Mary L. Hatton

May 19, 2011                                                                                  PHONE: (219) 937-5603

www.usdoj.gov/usao/inn/                                                                  Fax: (219) 852-2770

FEDERAL GRAND JURY IN SOUTH BEND RETURNS INDICTMENT

South Bend, IN—The United States Attorney's Office announced that a Grand Jury sitting in Fort Wayne, Indiana, returned the following Superseding Indictment on April 12, 2011:

Beth Ann Boger, 44, of Garrett, Indiana, is charged in a ten count Superseding Indictment with wire fraud on or about July 9, 2004; April 7, 2005; July 26, 2006; July 24, 2007; July 24, 2008 and April 17, 2009, and tax evasion on or about March 6, 2006; April 17, 2007, March 5, 2008 and February 9, 2009. These charges were filed as the result of an investigation by the Internal Revenue Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This case has been assigned to and will be prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Lesley Miller Lowery.

The specific sentence in each case to be imposed upon conviction will be determined by the judge after a consideration of federal sentencing statutes and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.

The United States Attorney's Office emphasized that an Indictment is merely an allegation and that all persons charged are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in court.

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