(WNY News Now) – ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A 35-year-old Rochester man will serve 51 months in federal prison after being convicted of conspiring to commit wire fraud and money laundering in schemes that caused approximately $2.06 million in actual and intended losses, including fraud involving federal relief programs, according to federal prosecutors.
Timothy Wadsworth was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci Jr. to 51 months in prison and ordered to pay $810,965.19 in restitution. He was also ordered to forfeit $810,956.19 in proceeds received through the wire fraud scheme, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of New York.
Federal prosecutors said the schemes occurred between March 2020 and September 2021…