BRIEFLY IN THE NEWS Telemarketing scam lands...

BRIEFLY IN

THE NEWS

Telemarketing scam lands man in prison

A 35-year-old Newport Beach man was sentenced Tuesday to three

years and five months in federal prison for having been part of a

telemarketing scam that prosecutors say defrauded more than 12,000

people out of $4.4 million.

Daniel Eugene Carr was also ordered to pay $1.7 million in fines.

Two other men were also sentenced Tuesday for being part of the

scheme that solicited victims through newspaper advertisements,

enticing them to make money working from home.

All three were found guilty of fraud in a Santa Ana court in

October.

The victims were to work at home by processing medical claims on

their computer. The victims would be told to buy hundreds of dollars

worth of software, instruction, technical support, as well as a list,

from the men, of doctors supposedly interested in hiring a person to

process medical bills electronically.

But the victims soon found out that none of the doctors on the

list had heard of this company and did not need help with billing.

The men operated this scheme between July 1998 and October 1999.