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Thomas Aaron Kane, 44, a former CEO of an IT company in Alabama has been formally charged with wire fraud, money laundering, and bankruptcy fraud in connection with schemes to defraud his customers and a Covid-19 program, according to the District Attorney’s Office of Northern District in Alabama.
A nineteen-count indictment filed in the United States District Court against Kane included:
- Twelve counts of wire fraud related to a scheme to defraud customers.
- Five counts of wire fraud related to a scheme to commit Covid-19 program fraud.
- one count of money laundering.
- one count of bankruptcy fraud.
According to the official press release:
Kane was the owner and CEO of Keep Information Technology Simple, LLC and later Keepitsimple.us LLC, both of which provided IT services and support for businesses, particularly businesses in the healthcare industry. The indictment brings four different types of charges against Kane. First, the indictment alleges that between at least July 2017 and December 2021, Kane devised a scheme to defraud his customers. Kane’s customers would place a credit card or banking information on file to pay for a monthly service fee and any authorized expenses. However, Kane began using his customer’s credit cards and banking information to make unauthorized charges. When confronted about these charges, Kane would make up an excuse—such as claiming that there had been an accounting error. Kane would also often create false invoices that he would send to a customer. The indictment lists twelve different examples of these unauthorized charges.