Owner and Operator of Consulting Company Charged with Wire Fraud
| U.S. Attorney’s Office May 21, 2009 |
United States Attorney Laurie Magid today announced the filing of an information charging defendant Peter Edward Aleszczyk, a/k/a “Peter Alex,” with one count each of mail and wire fraud. Aleszczyk owned and operated his own employment consulting and recruiting company called KP Consulting, in Exton, Pennsylvania. According to the information, between September 30, 2008, and February 11, 2009, Aleszczyk solicited a New Jersey company to enter into a business relationship with the purpose of having KP Consulting place eligible candidates in temporary positions in the pharmaceutical industry. Aleszczyk asked the New Jersey company for $560,629.76 to fund the payroll of these temporary employees. Aleszczyk never placed any of the employees for whom the New Jersey company had paid.
Defendant faces a maximum sentence of 40 years’ imprisonment, three years supervised release, a $500,000 fine, a $200 special assessment, and restitution.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Ewald Zittlau.