tn07+@andrew.cmu.edu (Thomas Neudecker) (11/16/90)
From the {Pittsburgh Press}, Page B4 11/15/90
Two Men Indicted in Telephone Scheme
Two Allegheny County men have been indicted by a federal grand jury on
charges of wire fraud, inter-state transportation of stolen property
and conspiracy.
Named in the six-count indictment yesterday were Michael E. Katora
III, 38, of Regal Court, of Monroeville [Pa.] and Daniel A. Squire,
26, of Ellsworth Avenue, Shadyside.
According to the indictment, Katora and Squire operated a
telecommunications scheme that computers to generate [dial] 320,414
telephone calls to "900" phone numbers assigned to a company they
owned and controlled they then sold accounts receivable that totaled
$3,959,808 in user fees for the fraudulent calls to a commercial
factoring company.
If convicted on all counts, the men could receive 45-year prison
sentences and fines totaling $1.5 million.
TN