John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of
Connecticut, announced that DIGBY KERR, 50, of Meriden, was sentenced today by
U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 12 months and one day of
imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for defrauding
four manufacturing companies of more than $600,000.
According to court documents and statements made in court,
KERR owned and operated Transportation Cost Management, LLC (“TCM”), which was
in the business of brokering shipping contracts between manufacturers and
trucking companies. As part of its
business, TCM would receive shipping invoices from trucking companies, process
the invoices, and forward the billing information to the manufacturers. The manufacturers would transmit the payment
funds to TCM for remittal to the trucking companies. TCM would then remit payment to the trucking
companies and send confirmation reports to the manufacturers indicating that
payment had been made to the trucking companies. The manufactures compensated TCM for
providing this service.
Between approximately December 2016 and April 2017, KERR and
TCM failed to remit $603,489.30 in payment funds that TCM received from four
manufacturers to the trucking companies that transported goods for those victim
manufacturers. TCM, at KERR’s direction,
e-mailed confirmation reports to the victim manufacturers that falsely
represented that the manufacturers’ payments had been properly forwarded to the
trucking companies.
Judge Meyer ordered KERR to pay restitution of $603,489.30.
On March 26, 2018, KERR pleaded guilty to one count of wire
fraud.
KERR, who is released on a $100,000 bond, was ordered to
report to prison on July 23.
This matter was investigated by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Avi M. Perry.
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