DALLAS – An indictment returned in Dallas names 19 people in an alleged $15 million international cybercrimes conspiracy scam.
U.S. Attorney James Jacks on Friday announced the superseding federal indictment, affecting a Sept. 5 indictment naming nine defendants.
Most defendants are from the Dallas area. Prosecutors say two are from Canada and eastern Europe. Four defendants are listed as fugitives.
They include:
(1) *Chastity Lynn Faulkner, 34, of Southlake, Texas (fugitive)
(2) *Michael Blaine Faulkner, 36, of Southlake, Texas (fugitive)
(3) *Brian Patrick Haney, 36 of Plano, Texas
(4) Eric Byron Littlejohn, II, 19, of Desoto, Texas
(5) Nathan Todd Shafer, 31 of Irving, Texas
(6) *Matthew Norman Simpson, 25, of Red Oak, Texas
(7) *Alicia Nicole Cargill Smallwood, 28, of Midlothian, Texas
(8) *Jason Carter Watts, 32, of Plano, Texas (fugitive)
(9) *William Michael Watts, 38, of Plano, Texas (fugitive)
(10) *Logan L. Vig, 22, of Dallas, Texas
(11) *Arya Neal Behgooy, 33, of Plano, Texas
(12) *Christopher Wayne Sigler, 27, of Roanoke, Texas
(13) *Marcus William Wentrcek, 29, of Frisco, Texas
(14) *Valerian James Stock, 42, of New Orleans, Louisiana
(15) *Ricky J. Keele, 55, of Coppell, Texas
(16) *Dmitri Siiatski, 22, of Canada
(17) *Milos Vujanic, 29, of Eastern Europe
(18) Jennifer Jo Gilliland, 29, of Phoenix, Arizona
(19) Casimir A. Wojciechowski, a/k/a Casey, 56, of Illinois
All 19 people are charged with conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud. The indictment also charges 15 of the defendants (*) with fraud related to electronic mail.
The indictment alleges that from 2003 through mid-2009 the defendants conspired to defraud telecommunications companies, credit reporting agencies and other service providers.
Conviction on the conspiracy charge carries a maximum 30-year prison term and a $1 million fine.
