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Subject: Two Men Indicted in Telephone Scheme
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Date: 15 Nov 90 23:35:31 GMT
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 From the {Pittsburgh Press},   Page B4   11/15/90

Two Men Indicted in Telephone Scheme

Two Allegheny County men have been indicted by a federal grand jury on
charges of wire fraud, inter-state transportation of stolen property
and conspiracy.

Named in the six-count indictment yesterday were Michael E. Katora
III, 38, of Regal Court, of Monroeville [Pa.] and Daniel A. Squire,
26, of Ellsworth Avenue, Shadyside.

According to the indictment, Katora and Squire operated a
telecommunications scheme that computers to generate [dial] 320,414
telephone calls to "900" phone numbers assigned to a company they
owned and controlled they then sold accounts receivable that totaled
$3,959,808 in user fees for the fraudulent calls to a commercial
factoring company.

If convicted on all counts, the men could receive 45-year prison
sentences and fines totaling $1.5 million.


TN