Romanian National Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud

Jackson, MS – A Romanian woman pleaded guilty on Tuesday, August 19th to a wire fraud scheme defrauding grocery stores in Central Mississippi.  

According to court documents and statements made in court, on May 7, 2025, a popular supermarket chained observed Loredana Sava, 36, and an accomplice execute a “quick change” scheme involving a wire transaction to steal money from five local stores and impacting five others in the district.

Loredana Sava could be seen on surveillance video at various stores on May 7 in Flowood, Brandon, Ridgeland, and Jackson requesting $2500 wire transfers from kiosks inside the stores, using sleight- of-hand techniques to trick cashiers into giving over money to which she was not entitled. The scheme’s design exploited the supermarket terminals and interstate wires for servers located in Denver, Colorado. At all times, Loredana Sava did not have authorization to be lawfully present in the United States.

Loredana Sava is scheduled to be sentenced on December 18, 2025, and faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.  

Acting United States Attorney Patrick A. Lemon of the Southern District of Mississippi, U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Patrick Davis, and Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch made the announcement.

The United States Secret Service and the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office are investigating the case through their partnership in the Cyber Fraud Task Force.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys C. Brett Grantham and Kimberly T. Purdie are prosecuting the case.

This case is part of Operation Take Back America (https://www.justice.gov/dag/media/1393746/dl?inline) a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETFs) and Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN).