Florida Man Admits Defrauding Bergen County, New Jersey, Company Out Of More Than $1.5 Million

TRENTON, N.J. – A Windermere, Florida, man today admitted using phony invoices to fraudulently obtain over $1.5 million from a factoring company in Bergen County, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Paul J Fishman announced.

Jerry Guidice, 57, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Anne E. Thompson in Trenton federal court to an information charging him with wire fraud.  

According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court:

In July 2015, Guidice had a trucking company he owned enter into an agreement with a Bergen County factoring company. Pursuant to the agreement, the trucking company would assign some of its accounts receivable to the factoring company in return for short-term financing.

However, Guidice sought to defraud the factoring company by emailing fraudulent invoices for trucking services that were never actually performed by his company. As a result of the invoices, the factoring company transferred more than $1.5 million to Guidice’s company from September 2015 through February 2016.

The charge of wire fraud is punishable by a maximum potential penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, or twice the gross gain or loss from the offense.

U.S. Attorney Fishman credited special agents with the FBI, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Timothy Gallagher in Newark, with the investigation.

The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Kogan of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Economic Crimes Unit in Newark.

Defense counsel: Christopher Atcachunas Esq., Orlando, Florida