A Beaumont man has been sentenced to federal prison for fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas. Acting U.S. Attorney Abe McGlothin, Jr. announced that Jerry Leonard Carnley, Jr., aged 55, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and received a 41-month federal prison sentence from U.S. District Judge Marcia A. Crone on May 16, 2025. In addition to his prison term, Carnley was ordered to pay restitution amounting to $191,251.35.
Court information revealed that Carnley worked as an office manager and IT specialist at a local psychiatric practice where he had access to the business checking account. Exploiting this access, he used the attached debit card for personal withdrawals from ATMs under false pretenses of business-related expenses.
From December 2020 to September 2021, Carnley withheld necessary documents from an accounting firm responsible for filing federal income tax returns for the practice. He later informed the firm that he would handle the taxes himself and discontinued their services. This allowed him continued access to withdraw funds discreetly from the business account.
Carnley's fraudulent activities included befriending the psychiatrist's mother under false pretenses and acquiring sensitive information needed to change bank account passwords. Between November 2020 and December 2021, he conducted 355 unauthorized ATM withdrawals at Delta Downs Racetrack, Hotel and Casino in Vinton, Louisiana, along with 53 unauthorized cash withdrawals from banks around Beaumont, Texas.
The FBI’s Beaumont field office and Beaumont Police Department investigated this case which was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Reynaldo P. Morin.
