牙买加诈骗犯引渡至密歇根受审 假彩票骗局卷走340万美元获刑72个月
美国司法部密歇根西区检察官办公室10月16日宣布，41岁的牙买加蒙特哥贝男子塞夫顿·奥利韦尔·斯图尔特（Sefton Olivair Stewart，别名「Powa」）被判处72个月联邦监禁。他参与的全国性诈骗团伙从28名受害者手中骗得340万美元，其中包括一名密歇根西区居民。联邦地区法官保罗·马洛尼（Paul Maloney）在大急流城判刑；斯图尔特服刑期满后将被遣返出境。
斯图尔特于2026年7月被美国法警局从牙买加引渡至大急流城，随后就共谋实施邮件和电信诈骗认罪。据司法部通报，2019年10月至2024年9月，斯图尔特与佛罗里达州居民丹妮尔·迪亚巴克利（Danielle Diarbakerly）等人谎称受害者赢得多州彩票大奖和豪华汽车，要求受害者先支付所谓税费，并使用伪造的银行和美国政府文件取信受害者。迪亚巴克利此前已就共谋洗钱认罪并获刑37个月。
密歇根西区联邦检察官蒂莫西·维海（Timothy VerHey）表示：「如果你实施诈骗，无论你身在何处，我们都会找到你、起诉你、定你的罪。」本案由国土安全调查局大急流城办公室与国税局刑事调查局联合调查。（GSM 据美国司法部密歇根西区检察官办公室发布）
Jamaican Fraudster Extradited to Michigan Sentenced to 72 Months in $3.4M Lottery Scam
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Michigan announced on October 16 that Sefton Olivair Stewart, also known as 'Powa,' 41, of Montego Bay, Jamaica, was sentenced to 72 months in federal prison for his role in a nationwide scheme that fraudulently obtained $3.4 million from 28 victims, including one in West Michigan. U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney sentenced Stewart in Grand Rapids; Stewart will be removed from the United States after serving his sentence.
Stewart was extradited from Jamaica to Grand Rapids by the U.S. Marshals Service in July 2026, and pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. Between October 2019 and September 2024, Stewart, Florida resident Danielle Diarbakerly and others falsely told victims they had won large cash prizes and luxury vehicles in a multistate lottery, and that they first had to pay taxes and fees to claim them, using fake bank and U.S. government documents to support the claims. Diarbakerly previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering and was sentenced to 37 months.
'If you engage in fraud, we will find you no matter where you are, charge you, convict you and persuade a judge to put you in prison,' said U.S. Attorney Timothy VerHey. The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations in Grand Rapids and IRS Criminal Investigation. (GSM, from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Michigan)
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图片来源：密歇根州大急流城地标雕塑「La Grande Vitesse」 / La Grande Vitesse, the landmark sculpture in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
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