Columbus FBI agents tipped off that prison inmates were impersonating police officers in a phone scam led to additional sentences according to a release by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District Court of Georgia.
The two Georgia inmates who orchestrated a phone scheme from behind bars, extorting at least 119 citizens by demanding payment for supposed missed jury‑duty fines, were sentenced to federal prison following an investigation conducted by the FBI.
Lance Riddle, aka “C-Port,” was sentenced to serve a total of 200 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, to run consecutively to any state sentence. Co-defendant Joey Amour Jackson, aka “Apes—,” was sentenced to serve a total of 120 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, to run consecutively to any state sentence. The Court will determine restitution for both defendants in 90 days. Senior U.S. District Judge W. Louis Sands presided over the sentencing hearings on October 14. Jackson and Riddle were found guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering on January 9, after a five-day trial that began on January 5. There is no parole in the federal system…