Man Pleads Guilty To Duping Victims Out Of Millions With Mass Mail Sweepstakes
Carmine Maietta, of Westbury, New York, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud on Wednesday in the Eastern District of New York, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). The charges stem from an organized effort to send thousands of consumers notifications that they had won large cash prizes that could be redeemed by sending in a fee. A federal judge in the Eastern District of New York ordered 15 individuals and companies to stop the mailings in October 2019....