TULSA, Okla. – Eleven co-conspirators have been sentenced for conspiring with others to commit wire fraud. This refund fraud scheme targeted numerous online retailers and resulted in millions of dollars in losses to companies such as Amazon, Walmart, Target, Wayfair, Dell Technologies, Kate Spade, Dick’s Sporting Goods, HP Inc., and Adidas, among others.
From April 2019 through October 19, 2023, the self-styled Artemis Refund Group (“ARG”) engaged in numerous refund-fraud schemes to steal goods from online retailers for its own benefit and that of others. ARG advertised their refund fraud services heavily on online messaging forums, resulting in hundreds of customers being defrauded and placing thousands of refund fraud orders. Some of these fraudulently refunded orders were shipped to the Northern District of Oklahoma, giving rise to venue in
this district…