How to Use wire fraud in a Sentence

wire fraud

noun
  • He was charged with wire fraud.
  • The 10 are being charged with wire fraud and bank fraud.
    Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Mar. 2022
  • The Dublin, Georgia, man faces one count of wire fraud.
    NBC News, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Williams faces ten years in prison for each theft charge and 20 years for each count of wire fraud.
    Garfield Hylton, orlandosentinel.com, 25 Mar. 2022
  • This month, Law and Williams each pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud.
    Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 26 Aug. 2021
  • 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
  • Bahram Gharony, 36, of Boston, was charged with two counts of wire fraud.
    BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2021
  • 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
  • Stoffel pleaded guilty in March to one count of wire fraud.
    Paul Walsh, Star Tribune, 28 July 2021
  • Beard pleaded guilty in July 2023 to one count of wire fraud.
    Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 12 Sep. 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
  • Bank fraud carries up to 30 years in prison, while each wire fraud count carries up to 20 years in prison.
    Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Mueting has been charged with seven counts of wire fraud.
    Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Oct. 2021
  • 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
  • The jury returned no verdict on three counts of wire fraud.
    Rishi Iyengar, CNN, 3 Jan. 2022
  • That left Pooley guilty on two counts of wire fraud and one count of identity theft.
    Stephen Hobbs, Sacramento Bee, 24 May 2024
  • He was charged with six counts of wire fraud and two counts of making false statements to the government.
    Han Zhang, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2022
  • 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
  • The honest services wire fraud charge against Heinel can carry a sentence of up to 20 years in prison.
    Aya Elamroussi and Liam Reilly, CNN, 6 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • He was sentenced last year to 84 months in prison on charges of wire fraud and money laundering.
    Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 10 Aug. 2021
  • Holmes was tried on 11 counts of fraud and found guilty of four of the charges — three counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
    Danielle Bacher, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025
  • He was charged by federal prosecutors with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and two counts of wire fraud.
    Laura Romero, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2025
  • James said she was sentenced in 2010 to two years in federal prison for wire fraud after working as a criminal defense and real estate conveyance attorney.
    Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 7 Mar. 2025

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