Irvine 男子认罪诈骗新泽西州公司逾460万美元：以虚假应收账款发票骗取保理预付款
美国新泽西区联邦检察官 Robert Frazer 宣布，现年71岁、住在加州 Irvine 的 Joseph Rodriguez 于2026年10月20日在 Newark 的联邦法官 José R. Almonte 面前认罪，承认起诉书第一项电信欺诈指控，涉案为骗取一家新泽西州公司逾460万美元。
根据本案文件与庭上陈述，2015年1月，Rodriguez 通过其公司 Old American Incorporated 与一家新泽西州公司（文件称 Victim-1）签订保理协议，以应收账款作担保或抵押取得贷款。按该协议，Old American 保留与客户的关系与催收权，并须在90天内直接向 Victim-1 还款。
2023年2月至7月，Rodriguez 向 Victim-1 提交了数百万美元的虚假发票，谎称所列客户欠 Old American 未来应收账款；事实上，这些客户并不欠款，也没有应付账款可供转让。Victim-1 据此向 Rodriguez 支付了逾460万美元预付款，他至今未归还。
该项罪名最高可判20年监禁，罚款最高25万美元，或为被告获利与受害人损失两者中较高者的两倍。量刑定于2027年2月23日。此案由美国联邦调查局（FBI）Newark 办公室调查，联邦助理检察官 Farhana C. Melo 负责起诉。
California Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding New Jersey Company of More Than $4.6 Million
Robert Frazer, United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced that Joseph Rodriguez, 71, of Irvine, California, pleaded guilty on October 20, 2026, before U.S. Magistrate Judge José R. Almonte in Newark to Count One of an indictment charging him with wire fraud, admitting that he fraudulently obtained over $4.6 million from a victim company based in New Jersey.
According to documents filed in the case and statements made in court, in January 2015, Rodriguez, through his company Old American Incorporated, entered into a factoring agreement with a New Jersey company, identified as Victim-1, to obtain loans secured or collateralized by accounts receivable. Under the agreement, Old American retained control over customer relationships and debt collection and was required to pay back Victim-1 directly within 90 days.
From February 2023 through July 2023, Rodriguez submitted to Victim-1 fraudulent invoices for millions of dollars in future accounts receivable that he falsely represented were owed to Old American. In fact, the customers listed in the invoices did not owe money to Old American, and there were no accounts payable to turn over. Based on the fraudulent invoices, Victim-1 sent over $4.6 million in advance payments to Rodriguez, which he did not return.
The count carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a maximum fine of up to $250,000, or twice the gross gain to the defendant or loss to the victim, whichever is greatest. Sentencing is scheduled for February 23, 2027. The Federal Bureau of Investigation in Newark investigated the case, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Farhana C. Melo of the Economic Crimes Unit is prosecuting it.
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图片来源：图：位于 Newark 的 Peter W. Rodino 联邦大楼（资料图）。Jim Henderson 摄，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。Photo: The Peter W. Rodino Federal Building in Newark, New Jersey (file photo). By Jim Henderson, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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