Victoria man gets 27-month federal prison sentence for $1.3M wire fraud
A 48-year-old Victoria man received a 27-month sentence in federal prison and three years probation Tuesday for a 10-count wire fraud conviction.
Murray Wade Carson charged his employer from 2007 to 2015 by purchasing nonexistent products from Kirby Taylor Company, a company created by Carson himself. He pleaded guilty July 2.
“Carson admitted he submitted invoices from KTC for nonexistent goods, which he purchased using his employer-issued credit card,” according to the news release. “He then used his home computer to submit charges for these nonexistent goods.”
While handing down the sentence, Senior U.S. District Judge John Rainey noted that it was incredible that the crime went on for eight years until an auditor figured it out.
“That was the only thing that stopped you,” he said.
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