United States Attorney Joe Kelly announced that Robert S. Goldman, age 60, of Palm Desert, California, was sentenced today in federal court for Wire Fraud. Senior U.S. District Court Judge Laurie Smith Camp sentenced Goldman to 27 months’ imprisonment and ordered restitution in the amount of $221,414. There is no parole in the federal system. Goldman will begin a 3-year term of supervised release upon his release from prison.
An investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation determined that in January 2016, Goldman fraudulently obtained personal bank account information of a victim, age 90, who resided in the District of Nebraska. From January 2016 and continuing through August 2017, Goldman made approximately 180 unauthorized wire payments from the victim’s personal bank account to Goldman’s credit card account, which totaled more than $221,414. Investigators determined that Goldman used the fraudulently obtained funds to pay for trips to Hawaii and Las Vegas, shopping excursions, gambling, and other personal expenses.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
