新泽西州男子骗走长者等受害人逾110万美元投资款 被判63个月监禁
新泽西州 Newark 消息：新泽西州联邦检察官办公室11月6日宣布，Union City 男子 Antonio Petrosino（又名 Anthony Petrosino）谎称代客投资、骗走长者及其他受害人逾100万美元，11月5日被判处63个月联邦监禁。联邦检察官 Robert Frazer 公布了这一判决。
Petrosino 现年61岁，住在新泽西州 Hudson 县 Union City。他此前于2026年3月25日在联邦法官 Stanley R. Chesler 面前就起诉书第一项电信诈骗罪认罪，Chesler 本周宣判时除63个月刑期外，另判他刑满后接受2年监管释放，并须向受害人支付没收款与赔偿金合计 1,130,406.63 美元。
根据法庭文件与庭上陈述，2016年1月至2024年11月间，Petrosino 自称金融服务专业人士，诱使受害人把投资款、房贷还款及其他款项交给他，谎称会把钱投进证券账户和其他投资产品、或用于受害人自身的利益。为维持骗局，他给一名长者受害人提供伪造的投资报表，报表上显示她名下多个投资账户里存有数十万美元；受害人追问资金去向时，他和受害人家属得到的也是虚假的安抚说法。
实际上，Petrosino 没有把受害人的钱拿去投资，也没有用于受害人的利益，而是挪作个人开销，包括赌博、偿还信用卡账单和支付豪华公寓的租金。检察官办公室称，他总共从受害人处骗走约110万美元。
此案由联邦调查局 FBI Newark 办公室（负责人 Stefanie Roddy）、美联储理事会与消费者金融保护局监察长办公室（负责人 Brian Tucker）以及 Wyckoff 警察局（局长 David V. Murphy）的探员调查。案件由助理联邦检察官 Jennifer Kozar 与 Sean Nadel 负责起诉，被告方辩护律师为助理联邦公设辩护人 Maggie Moy。
（来源：美国司法部）
Union City Man Sentenced to 63 Months for $1.1 Million Investment Fraud Targeting Elderly Victims
NEWARK, New Jersey - A Union City man who defrauded elderly and other victims out of more than $1 million by falsely promising to invest their money was sentenced on November 5 to 63 months in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer announced on November 6.
Antonio Petrosino, also known as Anthony Petrosino, 61, of Union City in Hudson County, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty on March 25, 2026, before U.S. District Judge Stanley R. Chesler to Count One of an indictment charging him with wire fraud. In addition to the prison term, Judge Chesler sentenced Petrosino to two years of supervised release and ordered him to pay forfeiture and restitution to the victims totaling $1,130,406.63.
According to documents filed in the case and statements made in court, from January 2016 through November 2024, Petrosino held himself out as a financial services professional and fraudulently induced victims to transfer investment funds, mortgage payments, and other money to him, falsely leading them to believe he would invest the money in brokerage accounts and other investment products or otherwise use it for their benefit. To perpetuate the fraud, he provided one elderly victim with falsified investment statements purporting to show hundreds of thousands of dollars deposited in investment accounts in her name, and gave victims and their family members false reassurances when they asked about the status of their money.
In reality, Petrosino did not invest the victims' funds or use the money for their benefit. He misappropriated it for personal expenses, including gambling, credit card payments, and rent on a luxury apartment. Prosecutors said he stole approximately $1.1 million from the victims in total.
The case was investigated by special agents of the FBI in Newark, under Special Agent in Charge Stefanie Roddy; special agents of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Office of Inspector General, under Special Agent in Charge Brian Tucker; and the Wyckoff Police Department, under Chief David V. Murphy. The government was represented by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jennifer Kozar and Sean Nadel; defense counsel was Maggie Moy, an Assistant Federal Public Defender.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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