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Description: New Haven, Connecticut criminal law lawyer represented defendant charged with wire fraud for stealing approximately $679,000 from his grandparents.

Between 2011 and 2019, Denerth Senerth, age 33, of South Windsor, defrauded his grandmother and his late grandfather by falsely claiming to be a college student and inducing them to give him approximately $419,000 to pay for nonexistent college tuition and other related expenses, and an additional approximately $260,000 by falsely claiming that he would invest their money into an investment fund run by one of his nonexistent professors. As part of the scheme, Senerth created fraudulent college transcripts, letters and email accounts that he used to corroborate his lies.

Judge Chatigny ordered Senerth to pay restitution of $679,944.

Senerth has been detained in state custody since February 10, 2021, when he was arrested on unrelated charges. On February 23, 2022, he pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of wire fraud.

Senerth’s state case is pending. His federal sentence will begin when his state case is resolved.

This investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Heather

Cherry.

FRAUD BY WIRE, RADIO, OR TELEVISION

Outcome: Defendant is hereby committed to the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons to be imprisoned for a total of 18 months; supervised release for a total term of 3 years; special assessment of $100.00; restitution in the total amount of $687,944. Restitution payments in a lump sum immediately. If he is unable to pay the full balance in a lump sum, any remaining balance will be paid at a rate of not less than $100 per month or 10% of his gross monthly income, whichever is greater. The payment schedule may be adjusted based on his ability to pay as determined by the Probation Office and approved by the Court.

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