{"id":1054019,"date":"2021-09-04T08:30:55","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T13:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1054019"},"modified":"2021-09-05T16:06:38","modified_gmt":"2021-09-05T21:06:38","slug":"man-guilty-in-widespread-fraud-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1054019","title":{"rendered":"Man guilty in widespread fraud scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/09\/tyler-federalbuilding-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1054020\" \/>TYLER \u00e2\u20ac\u201c A Pensacola, Florida, man has pleaded guilty in Tyler federal court in a sweeping fraud scheme that stretched into East Texas. According to a news release, Perry Lewis Crenshaw, Jr., 27, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering and is the fifth indicted defendant to enter a guilty plea in the case.  As quoted in the release, Special Agent in Charge Brian Payne said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Mr. Crenshaw preyed on vulnerable elderly Americans by impersonating the IRS.&#8221; As part of his plea agreement, Crenshaw has agreed to pay restitution of $1,284,649 and forfeiture of $32,112.50.  He also faces up to 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing hearing will be scheduled after the completion of a presentence investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER \u00e2\u20ac\u201c A Pensacola, Florida, man has pleaded guilty in Tyler federal court in a sweeping fraud scheme that stretched into East Texas. According to a news release, Perry Lewis Crenshaw, Jr., 27, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering and is the fifth indicted defendant to enter a guilty plea in the case. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1054019\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Man guilty in widespread fraud scheme<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":1054023,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/09\/tyler-federalbuilding-150x150.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Man guilty in widespread fraud scheme","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1054019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-27 20:45:35","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/09\/tyler-federalbuilding-150x150.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Man guilty in widespread fraud scheme","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1054019"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1054021,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054019\/revisions\/1054021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1054023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1054019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1054019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1054019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}