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New Orleans Man Sentenced to Six Months for Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud

U.S. Attorney’s Office March 19, 2009
  • Eastern District of Louisiana (504) 680-3000

NEW ORLEANS, LA—RANDOLPH POLK, JR., age 52, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced today in federal court by U.S. District Judge Lance M. Africk to six (6) months imprisonment and 100 hours of community service for his role in a conspiracy to commit mail fraud. In addition to the term of imprisonment, Judge Africk ordered that POLK be placed on two (2) years of supervised release following the term of imprisonment, during which time the defendant will be under federal supervision and risks an additional term of imprisonment should she violate any terms of her supervised release.

According to the court documents, beginning in 1995, POLK conspired with others to defraud an insurer by falsifying POLK’s 1992, 1993, and 1994 U.S. Income tax returns in connection with a civil lawsuit for personal injuries filed in Orleans Parish. As a result of the fraudulent returns, POLK received a substantial award for lost wages and loss of future earnings against the insurer, with the scheme to defraud being completed via the U.S. Postal Service in October, 2002.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Carter K. D. Guice, Jr. and Edward J. Rivera.

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