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03-25-2011, 9:40am
Mont. man gets year for fraud; used female voice
Posted: Mar 24, 2011 2:48 PM EDT
Updated: Mar 25, 2011 10:28 AM EDT
BOISE, Idaho - A Montana man who mimicked a female voice is exchanging his ill-gotten Tempur-Pedic mattress for a cot in a federal prison.
The U.S. attorney's office in Idaho says 60-year-old Ricky Vaughn Barry of Hamilton, Mont., was sentenced Wednesday to a year and a day in prison for impersonating his ex-wife when speaking to company representatives.
The calls to open a line of credit and order a $4,000 bed and sheets were recorded.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Mitchell in Boise said the case against the former Coeur d'Alene resident developed after his ex-wife pulled her credit report and found accounts used to purchase the bed and a laptop.
The federal charges did not include the laptop purchase, but both items were sold to help pay just over $7,700 in restitution.
Posted: Mar 24, 2011 2:48 PM EDT
Updated: Mar 25, 2011 10:28 AM EDT
BOISE, Idaho - A Montana man who mimicked a female voice is exchanging his ill-gotten Tempur-Pedic mattress for a cot in a federal prison.
The U.S. attorney's office in Idaho says 60-year-old Ricky Vaughn Barry of Hamilton, Mont., was sentenced Wednesday to a year and a day in prison for impersonating his ex-wife when speaking to company representatives.
The calls to open a line of credit and order a $4,000 bed and sheets were recorded.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Mitchell in Boise said the case against the former Coeur d'Alene resident developed after his ex-wife pulled her credit report and found accounts used to purchase the bed and a laptop.
The federal charges did not include the laptop purchase, but both items were sold to help pay just over $7,700 in restitution.