Roger Roger, 40, of Costa Rica is a citizen of the United States. He is originally from Hialeah, Florida, USA.
What crimes did Roger Roger commit?
From January 2014 to November 2017, Roger allegedly led a fraudulent telemarketing scheme. His co-conspirators contacted victims in the U.S. to tell them that that they had won a substantial sweepstakes prize.
Most of the victims were elderly. After being convinced that stood to receive a significant financial prize, they were told by the co-conspirators that they needed to make a series of up-front payments before collecting their supposed prize.
The co-conspirators falsely posed as U.S. government officials and used various means to conceal their true identities. Among them were David Michael Nigh, 55, of Oklahoma, USA; Mark Raymond Oman, 39, of Long Beach, Washington, USA; Cole Anthony Parks, 39, of Pompano Beach, Florida; Manuel Mauro Chavez, 33, of Miami, Florida; Paul Andy Stiep, 32, of Miami and Nicholas Richer, 30, of Nashua, New Hampshire, USA.
Roger recruited and directed co-conspirators to mislead victims on the phone and to transmit victims’ payments from the U.S. to Costa Rica. They stole more than $4 million from the victims, according to the evidence at trial.
On September 20, 2024, a federal jury in North Carolina, USA convicted Roger of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, two counts of international money laundering and four counts of wire fraud. His sentencing date has yet to be set.
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