WASHINGTON, July 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division issued the following news release:
Today, a payment processing broker who facilitated stealing money from businesses bank accounts was sentenced to three years in prison. Through his scheme, sham merchants stole and attempted to steal $14 million dollars from victims' bank accounts.
According to court documents, Jeremy Todd Briley, 47, of Happy Valley, Oregon, worked as a payment processing broker. Acting on behalf of clients (merchants), Briley identified payment processors in the United States for his clients to use in processing charges. Briley's two largest clients were sham companies that falsely represented that they provided online marketing services to busin...