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Date: 11-26-2020

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United States of America v. Eric Marcel Mboule

Case Number: 2:18-cr-20054-CSB-EIL

Judge: Colin Stirling Bruce

Court: United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois (Champaign County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney�s Office, Urbana, Illinois

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Description: Urbana, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud criminal defense lawyer represented Eric Marcel Mboule, age 35, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

In 2016, Mboule along with Patrick Guentangue and others executed a fraudulent scheme to deceive University of Illinois officials into believing that a building contractor working at the U of I had changed banking information in advance of the contractor receiving the next scheduled payment. Based on that deception, the University of Illinois wired a contractual payment into an account owned by Guentangue, under an alias, and not into the contractor�s account. Mboule then sent messages to Guentangue directing him exactly how he should then disburse the fraudulently obtained funds to others involved in the fraud. For his role, in December of 2018, Guentangue was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release.

As part of his sentence, Judge Bruce ordered Mboule to pay restitution to the University of Illinois in the amount of $265,193.75.

The charges are the result of an investigation by Federal Bureau of Investigation. The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan Finlen in the prosecution.

18:1343.F FRAUD BY WIRE, RADIO, OR TELEVISION. On or about May 2016 continuing through August 2016 in Champaign County, IL defendant did knowingly conspire to defraud others by obtaining money and property by false and fraudulent pretenses in violation of 18 U.S.C. section 1343 and 1349.
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Outcome: Defendant was committed to the custody of the BOP for a term of 42 months. Following release from custody a 3 year term of supervised release is imposed. $100 special assessment due. Dft is ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $265,193.75.

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