Four Florida Men Sentenced In Connection With Multi-Million Dollar Fraud Against Xerox Corporation
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Kyle Haynes, Bryan Day, Jason Haynes, and David Haynes of the Daytona, Florida area, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford for their involvement in a fraud scheme to defraud Xerox Corporation of more than $20,000,000 worth of toner.
Kyle Haynes, Bryan Day, and Jason Haynes were convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and filing a false tax return, and were sentenced to serve 30 months, 27 months, and six months in prison respectively. David Haynes, who was convicted of filing a false tax return, was sentenced to a three year term of probation.
In addition, Kyle Haynes, Bryan Day, and Jason Haynes were ordered to pay $9,475,000 in restitution to Xerox. David Haynes was ordered to pay $884,000 in restitution to Xerox. All four defendants were also ordered also to pay approximately $25,000 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard A. Resnick, who handled the case, stated that Xerox is located in, among other places, Webster, NY, and sells and leases office equipment, including printers. The company sells or leases the office equipment directly to end-user customers or to authorized resellers, like Robert Fisher, a co-conspirator and owner of RBM Imaging, who then resell or lease the office equipment to end-user customers, like the four defendants. The office equipment requires toner and other products to operate. End-user customers order the toner for their printers from Xerox. Rather than pay Xerox upfront for the toner, however, the end-user customers pay Xerox based on the number of prints made with the toner. Until consumed by the end-user customers, the toner belongs to Xerox. At no time may the end-user customers sell the toner.
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