A woman from Mt. Vernon, Missouri, was sentenced in federal court for her involvement in a wire fraud conspiracy that targeted the Missouri Lottery Commission and a gas station in Joplin, Missouri.
Amy Young, 42, received a sentence of 23 months in prison from U.S. District Judge Douglas Harpool after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud.
According to court documents, Young worked with others to use stolen and fraudulent credit cards and credit card numbers to buy Missouri lottery tickets at a Joplin gas station. The group made $62,082.50 in fraudulent transactions during July and August of 2022. They then sent other individuals to collect cash prizes won from the tickets. In total, they claimed $54,248 in cash prizes from the Missouri Lottery Commission. The combined amount of fraudulent cash prizes and credit card transactions reached $116,330.50.
“This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick Carney. It was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Joplin, Missouri, Police Department.”
