<p>前银行副总裁将在监狱中服刑 63 个月，因承认参与了一项诈骗计划，非法获取超过 200 万美元。</p>
<p>根据伊利诺伊州南区美国检察官办公室的消息，来自圣路易斯的安德鲁·P·布拉西（Andrew P. Blassie）对一起银行诈骗罪和一起跨州运输通过诈骗获得的证券或资金罪表示认罪。</p>
<p>除了监禁刑期外，地区法官还命令这位 70 岁的老人支付 2,461,887.67 美元的赔偿金。</p>
<p>起诉书称，布拉西通过一项支票空头计划在 2023 年 9 月至 2024 年 9 月期间，诈骗了 O’Fallon 银行 1,972,887.67 美元，期间他在职。</p>
<p>支票空头是一种诈骗手段，涉及在没有足够资金的银行账户之间开支票。犯罪者利用清算期制造虚假的余额，并使用实际上不存在的资金。</p>
<p>布拉西承认通过使用由资金不足的账户支持的支票，虚假抬高了他个人支票账户的余额。他将来自三家其他银行和一家信用合作社的四个个人账户的支票存入他的 O’Fallon 银行账户。</p>
<p>然后，他利用虚假抬高的账户支付近 270 万美元的个人开支，利用他的职位隐瞒诈骗行为，删除了他在可疑空头报告中的姓名和账户号码。</p>
<p>这位前银行高管还说服一对来自伊利诺伊州黎巴嫩的夫妇将 489,000 美元的退休储蓄交给他，以换取两份本票和支付利息的承诺。他最初使用通过支票空头计划获得的资金支付部分利息，但最终未能履行义务。</p>
<p>联邦存款保险公司监察长办公室（FDIC OIG）芝加哥地区的特别探员文森特·R·泽赫梅（Vincent R. Zehme）表示，</p>
<p><em>“今天的判刑为被告带来了公正，他违反了作为 O’Fallon 银行副总裁的信任地位。他通过支票空头计划诈骗了银行约 200 万美元，以此来使自己获利。”</em></p>

<p>前 O’Fallon 银行的前执行副总裁安德鲁·P·布拉西（Andrew P. Blassie）因参与一项 200 万美元的支票空头欺诈计划被判处 63 个月监禁。他对银行欺诈认罪，并被要求支付超过 240 万美元的赔偿。布拉西利用来自资金不足账户的支票虚增其支票账户余额，滥用职权掩盖其行为。他还欺诈一对夫妇的 48.9 万美元退休储蓄，最终未能履行其义务</p>

<p>A former executive vice president of the Bank of O’Fallon will spend 63 months in prison after admitting that he engaged in a fraud scheme to obtain more than $2 million.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>前银行副总裁将在监狱中服刑 63 个月，因承认参与了一项诈骗计划，非法获取超过 200 万美元。</p>
</div><p>According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Illinois, Andrew P. Blassie of St. Louis pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud and one count of interstate transportation of security or funds obtained by fraud.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>根据伊利诺伊州南区美国检察官办公室的消息，来自圣路易斯的安德鲁·P·布拉西（Andrew P. Blassie）对一起银行诈骗罪和一起跨州运输通过诈骗获得的证券或资金罪表示认罪。</p>
</div><p>In addition to the prison term, the district judge also ordered the 70-year-old to pay $2,461,887.67 in restitution.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>除了监禁刑期外，地区法官还命令这位 70 岁的老人支付 2,461,887.67 美元的赔偿金。</p>
</div><p>The indictment says that Blassie defrauded the Bank of O’Fallon $1,972,887.67 through a check kite scheme that he carried out from September 2023 through September 2024 during his employment.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>起诉书称，布拉西通过一项支票空头计划在 2023 年 9 月至 2024 年 9 月期间，诈骗了 O’Fallon 银行 1,972,887.67 美元，期间他在职。</p>
</div><p>Check kiting is a type of fraud that involves writing checks between bank accounts that do not have sufficient funds. Perpetrators exploit the clearing period to create artificial balances and use funds that do not actually exist.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>支票空头是一种诈骗手段，涉及在没有足够资金的银行账户之间开支票。犯罪者利用清算期制造虚假的余额，并使用实际上不存在的资金。</p>
</div><p>Blassie admitted to falsely inflating the balance of his personal checking account using checks backed by accounts that had insufficient funds. He deposited these checks from four personal accounts at three other banks and one credit union into his Bank of O’Fallon account.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>布拉西承认通过使用由资金不足的账户支持的支票，虚假抬高了他个人支票账户的余额。他将来自三家其他银行和一家信用合作社的四个个人账户的支票存入他的 O’Fallon 银行账户。</p>
</div><p>He then used the falsely inflated account to pay nearly $2.7 million in personal expenses, taking advantage of his position to conceal the fraudulent acts by scrubbing his name and account number from suspected kiting reports.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>然后，他利用虚假抬高的账户支付近 270 万美元的个人开支，利用他的职位隐瞒诈骗行为，删除了他在可疑空头报告中的姓名和账户号码。</p>
</div><p>The bank’s former executive also persuaded a couple from Lebanon, Illinois, to give him $489,000 of their retirement savings in exchange for two promissory notes and a pledge to pay interest. He initially used funds that he obtained through his check kite scheme to pay some of the interest, but he eventually defaulted on his obligation.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>这位前银行高管还说服一对来自伊利诺伊州黎巴嫩的夫妇将 489,000 美元的退休储蓄交给他，以换取两份本票和支付利息的承诺。他最初使用通过支票空头计划获得的资金支付部分利息，但最终未能履行义务。</p>
</div><p>Says Special Agent in Charge Vincent R. Zehme, of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Office of Inspector General (FDIC OIG), Chicago Region,</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>联邦存款保险公司监察长办公室（FDIC OIG）芝加哥地区的特别探员文森特·R·泽赫梅（Vincent R. Zehme）表示，</p>
</div><p><em>“Today’s sentencing brings justice to the defendant, who violated his position of trust as Executive Vice President at the Bank of O’Fallon. He defrauded the bank of approximately $2 million through a check kiting scheme that he used to enrich himself.”</em></p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p><em>“今天的判刑为被告带来了公正，他违反了作为 O’Fallon 银行副总裁的信任地位。他通过支票空头计划诈骗了银行约 200 万美元，以此来使自己获利。”</em></p>
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前银行高管实施了 200 万美元的空头支票诈骗计划，被判处 63 个月监禁