A Michigan man was sentenced in federal court Monday for creating fake charities in order to defraud the public of donation money.
Chief United States District Judge Ralph Beistline sentenced 46-year-old Alan Bartlett to 13 years imprisonment for multiple counts of mail, bank and wire fraud and identity theft.
Between December of 2009 and December of 2012, Bartlett used two businesses — United States Disabled Veterans, LLC and United States Handicapped-Disadvantaged Services, LLC — as a front for his scheme. The two businesses claimed to provide jobs for disabled veterans and other handicapped individuals, as well as assist them financially. Instead, the money was used to pay for Bartlett’s personal bills and loans.
Bartlett was also accused of using the personal information of donors to change their addresses so he would receive their financial information. In one case, Bartlett attempted to steal the pension benefits of an elderly man with Alzheimer’s.
