PITTSBURGH, PA - A former resident of Westmoreland County has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal mail fraud and identity theft laws, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
The four-count indictment charged Jennifer Lynne Clark a/k/a Jennifer Gill, age 41, formerly of Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania and now residing in Clearwater, Florida, with two counts of mail fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft.
The indictment charges that, from in and around April 2017 to in and around January 2018, Clark defrauded her employer by preparing falsified timesheets indicating that another person, A.G., had worked on particular projects. When paychecks for A.G. reflecting the false timesheets were mailed to Clark’s employer, Clark obtained the paychecks and deposited them herself, sometimes by endorsing A.G.’s name. The superseding indictment states that this scheme caused an additional loss of approximately $32,528.00.
The law provides for a maximum total sentence of 44 years in prison, a fine of either $1,000,000 or an alternative amount depending on the victims’ losses, or both. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the actual sentence imposed would be based upon the seriousness of the offenses and the prior criminal history, if any, of the defendant.
Assistant United States Attorneys Gregory C. Melucci and Adam N. Hallowell are prosecuting this case on behalf of the government.
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service and Homeland Security Investigations conducted the investigation leading to the superseding indictment in this case.
An indictment is an accusation. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
