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Saturday, September 29, 2012

Atkinson Sentenced to Four Years in Prison on State Charges

The Chesterfield resident and former co-owner of U.S. Fidelis plead guilty to charges of fraud and theft.

After being sentenced on fraud charges in federal court last week, Chesterfield resident Cory Atkinson was sentenced to four years in prison on similar, state-level charges Friday.  Atkinson is the former co-owner of one of U.S. Fidelis, at one time one of the country's largest marketer of auto service contracts. The business' other owner was his brother Darain Atkinson, who was sentenced to eight years in prison on federal fraud charges Tuesday.  According to a report in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, officials said the brothers used deceptive marketing technics to make customers think they were receiving more comprehensive warranties than they were. They then illegally funnelled money more than $100 million from the firm. The setence is …

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Chesterfield Resident Sentenced to 40 Months in Prison for Tax Fraud

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Chesterfield Resident Sentenced to 40 Months in Prison for Tax Fraud

Cory Atkinson co-owned U.S. Fidelis, at one time the nation's largest marketer of vehicle service contracts.

(Editor's note: The story has been updated to correctly display a photo of Cory Atkinson. A previous version of this story had a photo of his brother, Darain Atkinson.) Chesterfield resident Cory Atkinson received a 40-month prison sentence and was ordered to pay $4 million in restitution to the IRS for his part in a massive tax fraud case. According to a press release from the Department of Justice, Atkinson and his brother Darain Atkinson were co-owners of U.S. Fidelis, at one time the nation’s largest marketer of vehicle service contracts (VSCs). In June, Cory Atkinson pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and one count of filing false tax returns. Prior to 2009, the company was known as National Auto …

David

11:37 pm on Wednesday, September 19, 2012

I think they made an "example" out of him, seems excessive   more ›

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