This happened in October but I just found out about it yesterday. One of the dudes charged is the ex son in law of a good friend of mine. He's a fucking douchebag and was emotionally abusive and controlling to her daughter. I hope he does prison time. He sofa king deserves it.
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Western District of Texas
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, October 7, 2021
Three iCore Global LLC Executives Charged with Fraud
SAN ANTONIO – A federal grand jury in San Antonio returned an indictment yesterday charging three executives of iCore Global LLC (“iCore”) with fraud.
According to court documents, Samantha L. Mueting, 56, of San Antonio, Josephus De Laat, aka Jos De Laat, 60, of Spicewood and Vodrick L. Perry, 52, of San Antonio are charged with scheming to defraud investors.
As noted in the indictment, Mueting owned and operated iCore and touted the company as being a multi-national commercial real estate provider; De Laat served as iCore’s chief financial officer; and Perry was iCore’s operations manager.
Together the three are alleged to have conspired to perpetrate a series of frauds upon couples nearing retirement in which the defendants promised to allocate victim funds into a commercial real estate hedge fund, using them instead for their own personal gain. According to the indictment, they made fraudulent misrepresentations that iCore was a multi-national commercial real estate provider that employed 5,500 local employees and contracted agents across more than 300 worldwide offices, operating in 371 cities, 64 countries and six continents. The worldwide offices consisted of two registered addresses in the U.S., both of which were mailboxes at a shipping company store. In sum, the defendants are accused of defrauding investors of more than $2.1 million.
Mueting, De Laat and Perry are charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Mueting and Perry also are charged with one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud. In addition, Mueting is charged with seven counts of wire fraud. The defendants will be scheduled for their initial court appearance later this week before U.S. Magistrate Judge Richard Farrer of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. If convicted, the defendants face a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison on each charged count. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff of the Western District of Texas and U.S. Secret Service (USSS) Special Agent in Charge Paul Duran made the announcement.
The USSS is investigating the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew W. Kinskey is prosecuting the case.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdtx/pr/three-icore-global-llc-executives-charged-fraud