ABINGDON, Va. – Two individuals who conspired with others to execute a business email compromise scheme that stole more than $1.5 million from victims throughout the United States were recently sentenced in U.S. District Court in Abingdon. Shelton, 57, of Wytheville, Virginia, and Olivia Oxley, 36, of Brooklyn, New York, both pleaded guilty in July last year to conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud. For her role in the conspiracy, Oxley was sentenced to one year and one day of imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release. Shelton was sentenced to 300 hours of community service and five years of supervised release. Both were also ordered to pay restitution to four victims totaling over $1.5 million jointly and severally with their coconspirators. Neither Shelton nor Oxley were leaders of the scheme but instead facilitated the transfer of the fraudulent funds. Shelton and Oxley forwarded almost all of the fraudulently obtained proceeds to coconspirators overseas.Zamar Tara McPherson, 49, of Boynton Beach, Florida, has also pleaded guilty to being part of the conspiracy and is awaiting sentencing.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice