Aferistka received $ 5 million, raising money for health care

A resident of Virginia was imprisoned after admitting fraud in the amount of 5 more than millions of dollars received from innocent victims. She used the money for luxurious living and traveling around the world.

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43-year-old Keysha Williams, who has a degree in electrical engineering and law, was sentenced to 15,5 years of imprisonment on Friday in a federal court in Alexandria, writes The Daily Mail.

“The way you spent this money is appalling,” Judge Leonie M. Brinkema said during sentencing. “This is one of the worst (cases) I have seen.”

Williams used the “purchase” scheme of healthcare software to steal millions of dollars from more than 50 people. With the funds received, she lived luxuriously on the islands of the Caribbean, in French Polynesia and in various cities throughout Europe.

In the fall, Williams pleaded guilty to 14 fraud charges, just days before her trial when 20 people had already testified against her.

In total, Williams deceived his victims by more than 5 million dollars.

“It is a being without a heart or soul; no human being can do what she knowingly did to so many of us,” one of her victims wrote in a letter to the court.

In sentencing, Williams emphasized her education, adding: "I think that I am a good person who made bad choices several times."

When the victim asked how she slept at night, Williams cited the Bible and said, "I am a new person."

Court documents showed that she stole $ 250 from an 71-year-old cancer patient in McLean, and another $ 70000 from a man from Silver Springs, who was 70 at the time.

According to the FBI, Williams has promised to deceived people "mega-bucks investment opportunity" in exchange for "emergency financing." The money, as she said, is needed for software that she allegedly bought on credit in Austria.

For four years, Williams continued to support the legend that she bought software in Europe that would allow medical workers to remotely examine patients and talk with them. The woman claimed that she needed funds to cover the taxes and fees associated with the business.

Christian D'Andrade, a 70-year-old successful businessman from California, gave 1,4 a million dollars of his personal money within what seemed to him a partnership agreement. In total, the document meant attracting 4 millions.

But Williams never bought software for 5,4 million dollars, which she took from her victims, who thought they were investing in their future.

Williams spent less than $300 on software-related expenses, and most of the money on herself and her friend. The woman falsified bank documents to show she was awaiting a $000 million loan from "John," whom prosecutors described as a "fictitious Texas billionaire with cancer."

Williams claimed she was in Texas with John and negotiated terms with him. In fact, she went to Disney World and Jamaica with her girlfriend on her birthday, which cost 75 000 dollars.

Photo: US Attorney's Office For The Eastern District Of Virginia

At this time, she told D'Andrade that she was too ill to work on the project, but she was actually in the Bahamas, staying at the Ritz and ordering sumptuous food and drinks.

Another time, Williams wrote to D'Andrade that she was in custody in Austria and she urgently needed 150 000 dollars to see her dying grandmother. She pressed on pity, leaving tearful messages.

In fact, at this time, the woman had just returned from Bora Bora. At the same time, she talked with a friend about whether to buy a “beautiful [yacht] with full service” during her upcoming trip to Miami.

Only one thing was true: Grandmother Williams was really sick, and her mother asked to call her, according to court documents. Williams replied: “My call will not solve anything. Let them send me money if they want me to come. ”

Last January, D'Andrade gave Williams his social security data. At that time, Williams stayed in the best places in all of Italy, lived in luxury hotels in Florence, Rome and Venice, and told her friend about expenses in the amount of 200 thousand dollars: “It is worth every cent. Memories, beauty and culture of these places are priceless. ”

D'Andrade wasn't the only one who unwittingly helped Williams in her endeavors. When he ran out of money, Williams turned to Maryland real estate investor Carla McPhan, who knew D'Andrade. McPhan also lied to investors, thinking she could pay off her debts. “This was just the beginning of the nightmare,” she told the court - having already lost her savings and home.

Neighbors said that law enforcement agencies came to Williams's home and carried bags of expensive items (but Williams was not there) and arrested her, probably elsewhere.

She came to court carrying an $1800 leather briefcase that she purchased with money stolen from a special needs teacher and a widow who had recently lost her husband. “Even that fact speaks volumes,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Grace Hill said in court.

After the sentence was passed, the judge forced Williams to hand over the briefcase and abandon other luxuries, including a car, a pistol and a watch.

D'Andrade is serving probation and living with the consequences of his naivety. He lost not only his business, two houses, a car and all his savings, but also the savings of his ex-wife, girlfriend and professional mentee. He personally lied to several victims about cash flow and when they could expect the money to be returned - claims Williams believed. McPhan is also serving probation.

Two other men in this scheme admitted that they intimidated people who, according to Williams, owed her money. Former air marshals Ruben Gresham and Arthur Robinson (a Pentagon police officer who rescued people from the burning building of September 11) presented themselves as active federal agents at the insistence of Williams. Robinson said he could not forgive himself for this for a very long time. Gresham was sentenced to three months in prison, and Robinson received a probationary sentence.

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