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Press Release
For Immediate Release March 4, 2002 |
U.S. Department of Justice
United States Attorney Emily M. Sweeney Northern District of Ohio Robert W. Kern Assistant U.S. Attorney (216) 622-3836 |
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Man Sentenced for eBay Auction Fraud of Certain Rare Baseball and Basketball Card Sets
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Emily M. Sweeney, United States Attorney for the Northern District of
Ohio, today announced that on Monday, March 4, 2002, Brian D. Wildman,
age 31, of 8260 Byron Avenue, Apt. 4, Miami, Florida 31141, formerly of
1650 3rd Street Apt. 2, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 44221, was sentenced by U.S.
District Judge Dan A. Polster to 5 months in the custody of the Bureau
of Prisons, followed by 5 months of home confinement with electronic monitoring,
for his role in connection with an e-bay Internet auction fraud scheme. certain e-Bay Internet Auctions, and to obtain money from said individuals
by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations and promises,
and for purposes of executing and attempting to execute said scheme and
artifice, did knowingly cause the transmission of certain interstate wire
communications (Wire Fraud), as well as the mailing of certain items by
means of the U.S. Mail (Mail Fraud).
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