PITTSBURGH, Penn. – A Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, resident has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of defrauding customers of his snow and ice removal business.
The sole defendant named in the nine-count indictment was Charles W. Lantzman, 50, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
According to the indictment, from December 2018 to March 2019, Lantzman engaged in a scheme to defraud customers by padding customer bills with charges for services that were not performed. Six counts of wire fraud are specifically charged in the indictment. Lantzman is also accused of three counts of money laundering from December 2018 to March 2019.
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The law provides for a maximum total sentence of not more than 20 years in prison, a fine of not more than $250,000.00, or twice the gross gain to any person or loss to any person other than the defendant, or both, for each of the wire fraud counts.
On each of the money laundering counts, the law also provides for a maximum term of imprisonment of no more than ten years, as well as a potential fine. The actual sentence imposed under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines would be based on the seriousness of the offenses and the defendant’s prior criminal history, if any.
The investigation that led to the indictment in this case was carried out by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation, and the United States Postal Inspection Service.
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