Two Rhode Island Women Charged With Conspiracy To Commit Mail Fraud

SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Johanna Calderalo, age 45, and Ana Calderalo, age 71, both of Cranston, Rhode Island, were charged on December 5, 2017, in a criminal information with conspiracy to commit mail fraud.

According to United States Attorney David J. Freed, the criminal information alleges that while working at a bank in Rhode Island, Johanna Calderalo changed the mailing address of the victim to a residence in Scranton, Pennsylvania and had an ATM card sent to the new address.  Ana Calderalo travelled to the Scranton address to obtain the ATM card and directed an individual to make multiple withdrawals from the account totaling $56,400.

The case was investigated by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jenny P. Roberts.

Criminal Informations are only allegations. All persons charged are presumed to be innocent unless and until found guilty in court.

A sentence following a finding of guilt is imposed by the Judge after consideration of the applicable federal sentencing statutes and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.

The maximum penalty under federal law for this offense is 20 years of imprisonment, a term of supervised release following imprisonment, and a fine. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the Judge is also required to consider and weigh a number of factors, including the nature, circumstances and seriousness of the offense; the history and characteristics of the defendant; and the need to punish the defendant, protect the public and provide for the defendant's educational, vocational and medical needs. For these reasons, the statutory maximum penalty for the offense is not an accurate indicator of the potential sentence for a specific defendant.

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