Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced today the sentencing of Mario Martinez Smiley of Fort Worth, Texas, in connection with a multi-state fraud scheme targeting a Mississippi business. Smiley pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and was sentenced on August 27, to 21 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
Smiley was also ordered to pay $120,747.28 in restitution to Ally Motors Insurance and Mac Haik Ford.
The case was investigated by the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office in coordination with the United States Secret Service, the Jackson Police Department, the Texas Financial Crimes Intelligence Center, and the Cooke County, Texas Sheriff’s Department. It was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Mississippi…