Ali A. Jaber, 51, also known as “Jack Sal,” according to prosecutors, appeared before U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Rose. He ran the scheme through his Dayton-based business, Southern Ohio Groceries Service Co., which served as an an association for at least 30 independent grocery stores throughout Ohio and Kentucky.
Between 2003 and 2011, Jaber received through the mail approximately $l,491,802.73 in fraudulent coupon reimbursement payments, according to Carter M. Stewart, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Dwight Keller told the court that SOGSC was authorized to collect properly redeemed coupons from its member stores and submit them in bulk shipment for processing and cash reimbursement. Between December 2002 and June 2011, Jaber shipped approximately 465 “banker” boxes of coupons for redemption to a processing company.
Jaber admitted that the vast majority of the coupons he shipped were fraudulent, in that they had not been redeemed by the member stores, Keller said.
“Many of the SOGSC stores from which these coupons purportedly originated from were either closed, or did not in-fact sell or stock the underlying merchandise for which the coupons were being submitted by SOGSC for redemption,” Keller said.
Under terms of the plea agreement, Jaber will serve 36 months in prison, forfeit more than $100,000 in cash seized from his house and from a bank account and will make full restitution to victims.
Rose scheduled a sentencing hearing for August 10, 2012.
1 comments:
so he got 1.4 million and only have to do 3yrs of jail time and pay back 100,000!