Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
Targeting cyber criminals attempting to defraud Floridians of what is rightfully theirs, Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater announced last week the arrest of Thomas Harry Penquite and Maria Lourdes Gutierrez after the two allegedly concocted an elaborate scheme designed to steal more than $730,000 from the state of Florida’s unclaimed property program. According to the probable cause affidavit, Penquite and Gutierrez devised a scheme to fraudulently collect unclaimed assets from at least three inactive Florida corporations. These corporations included Castle Construction & Development Co., Ditco Service Corp., and the Ferrer Network. By breathing new life into these inactive corporations, the fraudsters attempted to legitimately make claim to funds potentially owed them. An investigation conducted by the Office of Fiscal Responsibility revealed that Penquite and Gutierrez – both of West Palm Beach – had purchased public records associated with each of the corporations and used those records to submit fraudulent reinstatement paperwork with the Florida Department of State. The two co-conspirators also secured UPS private mailboxes registered to each of the corporations and created email addresses in an attempt to assume the identity of these closed companies. “The unclaimed property program works daily to reunite Floridians with what rightfully belongs to them, and I commend the […]
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