How to Use wire fraud in a Sentence

wire fraud

noun
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  • He was charged with wire fraud.
  • Molla pleaded guilty to one of two counts of wire fraud.
    — Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Anderson pleaded guilty in June to one count of wire fraud.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Milton, 40, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of securities fraud and two counts of wire fraud.
    — Reuters, CNN, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Gary Dean Gibbs, 52, was federally charged earlier this year with one count of wire fraud.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 28 Sep. 2022
  • The 11-year veteran officer pleaded guilty to wire fraud and other charges and was sentenced to 18 months in prison.
    — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 26 Sep. 2022
  • His stepfather, Robert Harrison, is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.
    — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Patten is also charged with four counts of manipulation of securities, four counts of wire fraud and one count of money laundering.
    — Chris Dolmetsch, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Patten is also being charged charged with four counts of manipulation of securities, four counts of wire fraud, and a count of money laundering.
    — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Advertisement Girardi stands accused of four counts of wire fraud for allegedly looting $15 million from clients over a decade.
    — Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Shah was charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering in 2021.
    — Vulture, 16 Oct. 2022
  • The ruling represents a victory for Ms. Holmes in her quest to secure a new trial nine months after a jury convicted her on four counts of wire fraud and conspiracy.
    — Heather Somerville, WSJ, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Paul Schnitzer, 51, of Clermont, Fla., is charged with one count of wire fraud.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 22 May 2024
  • The 36-year-old was sentenced to 20 years in prison on the extortion and wire fraud charges.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 18 Oct. 2023
  • If he is convicted of wire fraud, Lott faces up to 20 years in prison.
    — Staff Reports, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Giri is charged by indictment with five counts of wire fraud.
    — Luke Barr, ABC News, 19 Nov. 2022
  • James Zhong, the 32-year-old behind the theft, pleaded guilty Friday to a single count of wire fraud.
    — Tory Newmyer, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2022
  • The jury is tasked with deciding whether to find the three guilty on charges of mail fraud, wire fraud and bank fraud.
    — Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Last week, the 30-year-old pleaded guilty to wire fraud in front of a magistrate court judge in New York.
    — Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Jan. 2023
  • That left Pooley guilty on two counts of wire fraud and one count of identity theft.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacramento Bee, 24 May 2024
  • That includes wire fraud, such as attempts to steal a down payment.
    — Nerdwallet, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Long Nguyen pleaded guilty last October to four counts of wire fraud.
    — Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The men each face one count of securities fraud and three counts of wire fraud with a maximum of 20 years in prison.
    — Jennifer Korn, CNN, 6 Nov. 2022
  • If he is convicted of wire fraud, he could be sentenced to a maximum of 20 years in prison.
    — Lucy Brewster, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Smith has been federally charged with bank and wire fraud.
    — Violet Ikonomova, Detroit Free Press, 28 June 2024
  • Santos, who faces wire fraud charges in a separate case, was not named in the indictment.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The Brooklyn pastor was sentenced to nine years in prison this week for wire fraud and extortion charges.
    — Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 18 June 2024
  • Sean Pierre Jackson, 33, pleaded guilty to wire fraud in August.
    — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The maximum sentence for each count of wire fraud is 20 years in federal prison.
    — Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 8 Sep. 2023
  • State of play: Al-Naji was charged with one count of wire fraud, and was taken into custody on July 27.
    — Kia Kokalitcheva, Axios, 30 July 2024

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