Financial Fraud: MYONG HWAN HAN Charged For Mail Fraud in Connection With a Scheme

<h2>Queens Man Charged In New York City &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Vermin Control” Fraud Scheme<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Preet Bharara&comma; the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York&comma; and Philip R&period; Bartlett&comma; Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U&period;S&period; Postal Inspection Service &lpar;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;USPIS”&rpar;&comma; announced the arrest and charges against MYONG HWAN HAN&comma; a&sol;k&sol;a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;David Han&comma;” <em><strong>for mail fraud and conspiracy to commit mail fraud in connection with a scheme<&sol;strong><&sol;em> that sought to defraud thousands of victims out of more than &dollar;1 million&period;  From April 2016 through September 2016&comma; HAN and a co-conspirator &lpar;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;CC-1”&rpar; allegedly created and mailed thousands of fraudulent notices of violation&comma; which purported to be official communications from New York City related to vermin control violations&period;  The notices directed the recipients to make immediate payments to a sham entity created by HAN and CC-1&period;  In response&comma; victims mailed checks to the sham entity based on their mistaken belief that the notices of violation were legitimate&period;  HAN was presented today before Magistrate Judge Henry B&period; Pitman&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mh-content-ad"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js&quest;client&equals;ca-pub-9162800720558968"&NewLine; crossorigin&equals;"anonymous"><&sol;script>&NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle"&NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;"&NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article"&NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid"&NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-9162800720558968"&NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"1081854981"><&sol;ins>&NewLine;<script>&NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><strong>According to the Complaint unsealed today in Manhattan federal court&colon;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In April 2016&comma; CC-1 hired a print shop to print approximately 10&comma;000 copies of a fraudulent notice &lpar;the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Fraudulent Notice”&rpar;&period;  The Fraudulent Notice&comma; which included a New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene &lpar;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;NYC Health”&rpar; logo and was purportedly signed by the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Buildings&comma; directed immediate payment of &dollar;120 to be mailed to an entity called &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Vermin Control of New York&comma;” under threat of additional penalties&comma; including fees and property liens&period;  In response to the Fraudulent Notice&comma; approximately 101 victims mailed checks to Vermin Control of New York&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In fact&comma; NYC Health did not authorize the Fraudulent Notice or use of the NYC Health logo&period;  HAN and CC-1 created Vermin Control of New York as part of their scheme and used the location of CC-1’s post office box as the organization’s mailing address&period;  HAN created a bank account for Vermin Control of New York and agreed with CC-1 to share any proceeds from their scam&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>HAN&comma; 31&comma; of Queens&comma; New York&comma; is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and one count of mail fraud&period;  Each of the charges carries a maximum term of 20 years in prison&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The maximum potential sentences in this case are prescribed by Congress and are provided here for informational purposes only&comma; as any sentencing of the defendant will be determined by the judge&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr&period; Bharara praised the work of the United States Postal Inspection Service&comma; and thanked the New York City Department of Investigation for its assistance&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This case is being handled by the Office’s General Crimes Unit&period;  Assistant U&period;S&period; Attorney Timothy V&period; Capozzi is in charge of the prosecution&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The charges and allegations contained in the Complaint are merely accusations&comma; and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;justice&period;gov&sol;usao-sdny&sol;pr&sol;queens-man-charged-new-york-city-vermin-control-fraud-scheme">Original PressReleases&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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  • Angel

    can anybody give me the case number