How to Use wire fraud in a Sentence

wire fraud

noun
Definition of wire fraudnext
  • He was charged with wire fraud.
  • 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
  • Molla pleaded guilty to one of two counts of wire fraud.
    — Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 13 Oct. 2022
  • 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
  • Anderson pleaded guilty in June to one count of wire fraud.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 22 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • In July, Shah pleaded guilty to the count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
    — Alexandra Del Rosariostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Milton, 40, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of securities fraud and two counts of wire fraud.
    — Reuters, CNN, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Bloom kept intact the jury’s guilty verdicts on four counts of wire fraud, which carried up to 20 years in prison for each offense.
    — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 8 June 2024
  • 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
  • He was indicted on two counts of wire fraud and two counts of securities fraud.
    — Corinne Ramey, WSJ, 11 Sep. 2022
  • On Friday, Zhong pled guilty to one count of wire fraud, an offense that carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
    — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 7 Nov. 2022
  • She was arrested in January and pleaded guilty to wire fraud in April.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 28 July 2023
  • Julie was also charged with wire fraud and obstruction of justice.
    — USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The United States has charged him with wire fraud conspiracy related to a loan scam.
    — Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The couple was first indicted by a grand jury in 2019 for tax evasion, conspiracy and bank and wire fraud.
    — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 23 July 2024

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