Three former employees of Vacation Ownership Group, also known as VO Group LLC, were sentenced for their roles in a multi-million dollar timeshare scam.
Two New Jersey men and one woman from South Carolina who posed as employees or customers VO Group defrauded clients into paying fake consultation fees, pretending to offer services to timeshare owners who wanted to cancel or purchase their contracts
These were first three people sentenced in this case, although more than 10 people in 2012 were arrested.
There first man, Jeffrey Sawyer, was sentenced to one year in prison and three years supervised release. Sawyer also went under the name Alex Jordan.
Sawyer posed as a satisfied customer to persuade others to complete and pay VO Group, reaping in more than $70,000 from duped timeshare owners.
The second man, Vincent Giordano, was sentenced to four months in prison, four months of home confinement, 200 hours of community service and three years of supervised release.
The first woman sentenced, Aimee Allen, was given a lenient charge of three years of probation, with eight months of home confinement, 50 hours of community service and was ordered to pay compensation of $197,440.
Allen and Giordano called owners, pretending to work for a bank that could pay off or cancel timeshares, as well as also pretending to be satisfied customers, causing more than $200,000 in losses to customers.
All three defendants pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.
For more information regarding this article or assistance in any other timeshare related issues please contact the TCA on 01908 881058 or email: info@TimeshareConsumerAssociation.org.uk