FILED
MAR 2 1 2007
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT C L ~ [ k ~ . ~ i ~ + ~ ~ ~ t ~ F
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF I L L I N O I ~
EAST ST. LOUIS OFFICE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
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Plaintiff,
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CRIMINALNO. O7-3~!~3'7-1~~>
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PETER J. PORCELLI, 11,
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Title 18
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United States Code,
Defendant.
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Sections 371, 1341, 1343,2326 & 2.
INDICTMENT
THE GRAND JURY CHARGES:
I. Introductory Statement
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From on or about June 2001, and continuing until approximately August 15,2002,
in St. Clair, Alexander, Bond, Clark, Clinton, Crawford, Cumberland, Edwards, Effingham, Fayette,
Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jersey, Johnson, Lawrence, Madison,
Marion, Massac, Monroe, Peny, Pope, Pulaski, Randolph, Richland, Saline, Union, Washington,
Wayne, White and Williamson Counties, thirty four of the thirty eight counties comprising the
Southern District of Illinois, and elsewhere, PETER J. PORCELLI, I1 ("PORCELLI"), together
with a Nevada corporation based in St. George, Utah, and with the corporations he owned and
controlled, including Bay AreaBusiness Council, Inc., Bay Area Business Council Customer Service
Corp., American Leisure Card Corp., Senior Marketing Consultants, Inc., Bay Memberships, Inc.
and together with others known and unknown, and doing business with American consumers under
various corporate names and aliases, engaged in a fraudulent telemarketing scheme from Florida and
Utah and from various call centers in the United States including Utah, Kansas, Oregon, Idaho,
Arizona, Virginia and Florida, and from various international call centers located in Grenada, St.
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Lucia, St. Vincents, Toronto (Canada), and India, and elsewhere, by falsely leading consumers with
poor or no credit to believe that they would be receiving a MasterCard or Visa credit card with a
credit limit for an advanced fee, and instead providing consumers with an application for a Stored
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