TAMPA, Florida — Meade Lewis, a 32-year-old from Temple Terrace, has been indicted on five counts of wire fraud, facing up to 20 years in federal prison for each count.
The indictment, announced by United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe, alleges that Lewis, as the founder and CEO of mIQroTech, Inc., fraudulently raised over $7 million from investors by making false statements about the company’s financials, customers, and products. The United States intends to forfeit at least $7,096,458, believed to be proceeds from the offenses, according to the indictment. Some of the investor funds were allegedly used for Lewis’s personal enrichment…