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Date: 09-02-2022

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United States of America v. Nana Mensah and Shaderick Jojo Opare

Case Number: 1:17-cr-00357

Judge: Jennifer P. Wilson

Court: United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (Dauphin County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office

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Description: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with 15 counts of mail fraud, four counts of aggravated identity theft, one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit aggravated identity theft.

Mensah and Opare were involved in an international scheme in which co-conspirators, often located in Ghana, would steal victims’ identity in order to open Sprint cell phone accounts. As part of opening the new accounts, the co-conspirators would order new cell phones and have them delivered to vacant homes where they would be picked up by other co-conspirators and eventually resold. The conspiracy involved more than 270 packages containing over 830 cell phones that were valued at over $595,000. The conspiracy took advantage of over 240 identity theft victims.

Nana Mensah and Shaderick Jojo Opare’s codefendants were indicted, with the following codefendants:

Patrick Barkers-Woode was sentenced on July 13, 2022, to 111 months’ imprisonment and ordered to pay $357,565.92 in restitution following his conviction of 15 counts of mail fraud, four counts of aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to commit mail fraud and identity theft;

Jason Moskovitz was sentenced on July 13, 2022, to 39 months’ imprisonment and ordered to pay $201,574 in restitution following pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and aggravated identity theft;

Mody Kalle was sentenced on March 4, 2020, to two years’ imprisonment and ordered to pay $201,574 in restitution following pleading guilty to aggravated identity theft; and

Sean Murphy was sentenced on August 27, 2020, to two years’ probation and ordered to pay $79,944 in restitution following pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud.

The investigation was handled by Homeland Security Investigation, the Pennsylvania State Police, the Delaware State Police, and the Derry Township Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Scott R. Ford and Christian T. Haugsby prosecuted the case.

Outcome: Nana Mensah:

Imprisonment - 99 months. This term consists of 75 months on Counts 1 through 12, 14, 16, 33 and 34; and 24 months on Counts 17, 18, 27, and 28. The terms of imprisonment on Counts 17, 18, 27, and 28 are ordered to be served concurrently with each other but consecutive to any other term of imprisonment, including Counts 1 through 12, 14, 16, and 33. Supervised Release - 3 years. This term consists of 3 years on Counts 1 through 12, 14, 16, 33, and 34; and 1 year on Counts 17, 18, 27, and 28 to run concurrently with Counts 1 through 12, 14, 16, 33, and 34. Special Assessment - $2100. Restitution - $357,565.92 joint and several.

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