Louisiana woman sentenced in Mississippi auto dealership fraud case

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – A Louisiana woman was sentenced in federal court for her role in connection to an automobile dealership fraud conspiracy.

According to court documents, Anna Waldei, 27, of New Orleans, Louisiana, conspired with Paul Anthony Robinson, Sarah Elizabeth Calderon, Joshanique Elouise Bailey and David L. Jones, Jr. in June 2023 to obtain the identity information of credit-worthy individuals, create false identity documents in the names of those individuals, and then pose as those individuals at automotive dealerships in order to apply for vehicle financing.

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Prosecutors said the defendants submitted credit applications and purchased or attempted to purchase vehicles from dealerships in the Jackson-metro area. The defendants traveled from Louisiana to Mississippi in a vehicle rented by Waldei.

Waldei pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud on March 27, 2025. She received a sentence of 12 months and one day in federal prison…

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