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ST. GEORGE A Kane County man who solicited money from elderly individuals by promising he was on the verge of receiving hundreds of millions of dollars was sentenced for his crimes Thursday.
Kurt Jurgens Bauer, 57, appeared in U.S. District Court in St. George via video and was sentenced on five convictions, including three counts of wire fraud and two counts of false impersonation of a federal employee – charges to which he pled guilty in December.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Dent said the government had agreed to a prison term of between 48-78 months to be served in a federal correctional facility. He had been potentially facing 65 years in prison had the maximum sentence been rendered on all five counts, but a plea deal was reached after months of negotiations that continued through the better part of 2020.
ST. GEORGE A former Kane County man who allegedly solicited money from elderly individuals by promising he was on the verge of receiving hundreds of millions of dollars pleaded guilty to the charges during a hearing Thursday in U.S. District Court.
Kurt Jurgens Bauer, 56, appeared in U.S. District Court in St. George via video and pleaded guilty to five counts, including three counts of wire fraud and two counts of false impersonation of a federal employee – charges that were filed by federal prosecutors in July.
Negotiations have been ongoing in the case since shortly after the indictment was filed, and during Thursday s hearing, Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Dent said the government has agreed to a prison term of between 48-78 months to be served in a federal correctional facility.