Idaho Falls man sentenced for fraud
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POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK)-An Idaho Falls man was sentenced Tuesday to five years in federal prison and ordered to pay a $25,000 fine for concealment of assets.
U.S. Attorney Bart Davis said Andrew Welch, 46, was a former pharmacist in Ketchum who filed a voluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition on April 3, 2014 after the state Board of Pharmacy revoked his license.
In a bankruptcy petition, Welch listed significant debts and almost no assets. According to court records, the scheme to defraud unraveled when the U.S. Trustee Program and debtors discovered Welch had an interest in significant unreported assets, which he had placed under the control of close confidants.
Idaho Falls Man Sentenced to 5 Years for Knowingly and Fraudulently Concealing Assets in Bankruptcy Proceeding
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POCATELLO â Andrew Welch, 46, of Idaho Falls, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to five years in federal prison for concealment of assets, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced Tuesday.
Chief U.S. District Judge David C. Nye also ordered Welch to pay a $25,000 fine, and to serve one year of supervised release following his prison sentence. Welch pleaded guilty to the charge on July 29, 2020. As part of the plea agreement, Welch also agreed to forfeit $25,000.
According to court records, Welch, a former pharmacist in Ketchum, Idaho, filed a voluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition on April 3, 2014, after the Idaho State Board of Pharmacy revoked his pharmacist license. In the bankruptcy petition, signed under penalty of perjury, Welch listed significant debts and almost no assets.
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December 16, 2020
DENVER – U.S. Attorney Jason Dunn announced that David Paul Rietz, age 60, of Lakewood, Colorado was sentenced to serve 92 months in federal prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit money laundering. Rietz also was ordered to pay restitution of $4,197,775.83. IRS Criminal Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation joined in this announcement.
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According to court records, Rietz defrauded his employer, a nonprofit health-care system based in Colorado, of more than 16 million dollars. Rietz organized a scheme whereby inflated quotes for computer services were submitted through another company owned by a co-conspirator. Rietz approved these quotes, whereby millions in inflated payments were approved before the fraud was discovered. Proceeds went back Rietz and his co-conspirators through a third company, which returned profits to Rietz in the form of payments on fake contracts for goods and services, gold
Denver, CO - IRS Criminal Investigation announced today that David Paul Rietz, of Lakewood, Colorado, was sentenced to serve 92 months in federal prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit money laundering. Rietz also was ordered to pay restitution of $4,197,775.83.
According to court records, Rietz defrauded his employer, a nonprofit health care system based in Colorado, of more than 16 million dollars. Rietz organized a scheme whereby inflated quotes for computer services were submitted through another company owned by a co-conspirator. Rietz approved these quotes, whereby millions in inflated payments were approved before the fraud was discovered. Proceeds went back Rietz and his co-conspirators through a third company, which returned profits to Rietz in the form of payments on fake contracts for goods and services, gold coins, and cashier checks
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