Jefferson Dispatcher Sentenced For Wire Fraud

Jefferson Dispatcher Sentenced For Wire Fraud

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Jan. 8, 2020. It is reproduced in full below.

NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that NICOLE SERUNTINE, age 35, an employee of Company A.M.M., was sentenced January 7, 2020 after pleading guilty to a one-count Bill of Information charging her with wire fraud.

According to the Bill of Information, from around June 2010 through February 2017, NICOLE SERUNTINE worked as a secretary and dispatcher at Company A.M.M., located in Jefferson, Louisiana. Around October 2014 through Feb. 17, 2017, SERUNTINE devised a scheme to defraud Company A.M.M. out of more than $500,000 by using her role as administrative assistant to order a fuel card that she was not entitled to use, and unlawfully used it for her own personal expenses, including food, gas, and cash advances.

NICOLE SERUNTINE was sentenced to ­­5 years probation and to pay restitution in the amount of $100 a month.

U.S. Attorney Strasser praised the work of the United States Secret Service. Assistant U.S. Attorney Sharan E. Lieberman is in charge of the prosecution.

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Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys

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