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Husband and Wife Sentenced in Fraud Case

U.S. Attorney’s Office February 22, 2010
  • Southern District of Iowa (515) 473-9300

DES MOINES, IA—On February 22, 2010, Jermaine Roberts and Kristine Roberts were each sentenced by the Honorable Chief Judge Robert Pratt for defrauding a Nebraska resident out of over $100,000 dollars during a three-year period. On September 28, 2009, each defendant entered guilty pleas to one mail fraud count and six wire fraud counts. Each count of conviction was based on Jermaine Roberts and Kristine Roberts obtaining money from the victim on the premise that Jermaine and Kristine Roberts were assisting an inmate of the Iowa Department of Corrections with his effort to get a new trial. The victim was told by the Roberts that they were filing paper work to obtain a new trial or the release of the inmate. False court documents were manufactured by the Roberts to convince the victim they were working on the inmate’s behalf. As the fraud continued the victim was asked to mail or wire money to the Roberts to continue their services. Eventually, over a three-year period, the victim paid out to the Roberts over $100,000.

Chief Judge Robert Pratt sentenced Jermaine Roberts, of Iowa City, Iowa, to a period of imprisonment of sixty (60) months and Kristine Roberts, currently residing in Montezuma, Iowa, to a period of 21 months in a federal prison. Each was ordered to pay restitution to the victim in the amount of $103,424.91, pay $700 in special assessments and placed on three (3) years of Supervised Release after their prison term.

This case was investigated by the Iowa Department of Corrections and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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