The Brief
- An Atlanta man will spend over a decade in federal prison after a jury convicted him of running a fraudulent investment recovery scheme.
- The ringleader and his co-conspirators posed as federal agents to swindle nearly $1 million from elderly victims.
- A federal judge ordered the man to serve three years of supervised release and pay full restitution to those he defrauded.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – An Atlanta man will spend 14 years behind bars after using a fake federal agent persona to scam elderly investors out of nearly $1 million, federal prosecutors announced Monday.
What we know:
Joshua Aaron Holmes, 44, of Atlanta, was sentenced on June 25 to 168 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Katherine A. Crytzer. The sentencing follows a federal jury conviction on charges of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, mail fraud, and wire fraud.…