Download - Chandler Indictment
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTFOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
Norfolk Division
2015
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
v.
DONTE CHANDLER,
Defendant.
UNDER SEAL
CRIMINAL NO. 2:15cr Wo
18U.S.C. §§ 1341 &2Attempted Mail Fraud(Count 1)
I8U.S.C.§§ 1349 & 2Attempted Wire Fraud(Count 2)
18U.S.C. §§659&2Theft of Interstate Shipmentby Carrier(Count 3)
18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(C) by 28 U.S.C.§2461Criminal Forfeiture
INDICTMENT
September 2015 'Term - At Norfolk, Virginia
COUNT ONE
THE GRAND JURY CHARGES THAT:
From on or about July 21, 2014 through on or about September 26, 2014, the exact dates
being unknown, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in the Eastern District of Virginia and elsewhere,
defendant DONTE CHANDLER knowingly devised and intended to devise a scheme and artifice
to defraud and for obtaining money and property by means of materially false and fraudulent
pretenses, representations, and promises, which scheme and artifice, and the execution thereof,
operated in substance as follows:
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1. The object ofthe defendant's fraudulent scheme and artifice was to steal an iPad
tablet computer belonging to passenger B.G. booked on a US Airways flight traveling from
Douglas Field, North Carolina and arriving atNorfolk International Airport, Virginia.
2. As part of the scheme and artifice, the defendant illegally removed from checked
baggage an iPad belonging to passenger B.G., which was provided by the United States Navy to
B.G. as part ofan intelligence class and was located in the secure area of Norfolk International
Airport.
3. As part of the scheme and artifice, the defendant placeda phone call to B.G. and
told him that the defendant found and purchased the iPad on Craigslist for $200, but after
receiving the iPad the defendant thought the deal was "shady". B.G. offered the defendant
$100 to return the iPad if the defendant would mail the iPad to B.G.'s address in California.
The defendant agreed to this proposition.
4. As a result of the defendant's scheme and artifice, defendant attempted to inflict a
loss of $100 on B.G. for return of the stolen iPad.
5. On or about September 26,2014, in the Eastern District of Virginia, for the
purpose ofexecuting the aforesaid scheme and artifice and attempting to do so, the defendant did
place and caused to be placed in an authorized depository for mail matter for delivery by the
United States Postal Servicean envelope containing an iPad issued by the United States Navy to
B.G.
(In violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1349 and 2).
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COUNT TWO
THE GRAND JURY CHARGES THAT:
From in or about July 21, 2014 through in or about September 26, 2014, the exact dates
being unknown, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in the Eastern District of Virginia and elsewhere,
defendant DONTE CHANDLER knowingly devised and intended to devise a scheme and artifice
to defraud and for obtaining money and property by means of materially false and fraudulent
pretenses, representations, and promises, which scheme and artifice, and the execution thereof,
operated in substance as follows:
1. The object of the defendant's fraudulent scheme and artifice was to steal an iPad
tablet computer belonging to a passenger booked on a US Airways flight leaving Douglas Field
North Carolina and arriving at Norfolk International Airport, Virginia.
2. As part of the scheme and artifice, the defendant illegally removed from checked
baggage an iPad belonging to passenger B.G., which was provided by the United States Navy to
B.G. as part ofan intelligence class and was located in the secure area of Norfolk International
Airport.
3. As part of the scheme and artifice, the defendant placed a phone call to B.G. and
told him that the defendant found and purchased the iPad on Craigslist for $200, but after
receiving the iPad the defendant thought the deal was "shady". B.G. offered the defendant
$100 to return the iPad if the defendant would mail the iPad to B.G.'s address in California.
The defendant agreed to this proposition.
4. As a result of the defendant's scheme and artifice, defendant attempted to inflict a
loss of $100 on B.G. for return of the stolen iPad.
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5. On or about September 11,2014, in the EasternDistrictof Virginia and
elsewhere, for the purpose of attempting to execute the aforesaid scheme and artifice, defendant
DONTE CHANDLER did knowingly transmit and cause to be transmitted by means of wire and
radio communication in interstate and foreign commerce, certain writings, signs, signals,
pictures, and sounds, that is, a telephone call from Virginia to California, where the defendant
fraudulently described B.G.'s iPad as being purchased on Craigslist for $200, when in reality the
iPad was stolen from the Norfolk International Airport. During said telephone call, an
agreement was reached that B.G. would pay the defendant $100 for return of said iPad that the
defendant had previously stolen from B.G.'s checked baggage which had been located in a
secure area of Norfolk International Airport.
(In violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1349 and 2).
COUNT THREE
THE GRAND JURY CHARGES THAT:
On orabout July 21, 2014, inNorfolk, Virginia, in the Eastern District of Virginia,
defendant DONTE CHANDLER unlawfully, willfully and knowingly, and with intent toconvert
to his own use, did steal, take and carry away from a US Airways Passenger Plane Flight 726, in
the Norfolk International Airport, goods and, that is an iPad tablet computer, which was moving
as, were a part of, and constituted an interstate shipment of freight and express from the US
Airways Corporation at Douglas Field in the State ofNorth Carolina, to the US Airways
Corporation atNorfolk International Airport in the State ofVirginia.
(In violation ofTitle 18, United States Code, Section 659 and 2.)
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FORFEITURE ALLEGATION
THE GRAND JURY ALLEGES THAT:
1. The defendant, ifconvicted ofany ofthe violations alleged in Counts 1 through 3 of
this Indictment, shall forfeit to the United States, as part of the sentencing pursuant to Federal Rule
of Criminal Procedure 32.2, any property, real or personal, which constitutes or is derived from
proceeds traceable to the violation.
2. If any property that is subject to forfeiture above, as a result of any act or omission
of thedefendant, (a)cannot be located upon theexercise of due diligence, (b) hasbeentransferred
to, soldto, or deposited with a third party, (c) hasbeen placed beyond thejurisdiction of theCourt,
(d)has been substantially diminished invalue, or(e)has been commingled with other property that
cannot be divided without difficulty, it is the intention of the United States to seek forfeiture ofany
otherproperty of thedefendant, as subject to forfeiture under Title21, United States Code, Section
853(p).
(In accordance with 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(C) by 28 U.S.C. 2461.)
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UnitedSlates ofAmerica v. Donte ChandlerCriminal No. 2:15cr \%<g
Dana J. Boente
United Slates Attorney
By:
A TRUE BILL:
ISttheWFOREPERSON
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ted States AttorneyJoseph DePaAssistant Un
8000 World Trade Center
101 West Main Street
Norfolk, Virginia 23510(757)441-6331
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JS 45 (11/2002)
Criminal Case Cover Sheet
REDACTED
U.S. District Court
Place of Offense:
City: EDVA
County/Parish:
Under Seal: Yes
Superseding Indictment:
Same Defendant:
Magistrate Judge Case Number:
Search Warrant Case Number:
R 20'R 40 from District of
No • Judge Assigned:Criminal Number: 2:15cr |2-0New Defendant: Donte Chandler
Arraignment Date:
Defendant Information:
Alias Name(s):
Juvenile: Yes • No Kl FBI#:
Defendant Name: Donte Chandler
Address: |^^Hi Norfolk,Employment:
Birth Date: ••iWI SStt: HI1954 Sex: M Race: Black Nationality: Place of Birth: United States
Height: 5'9" Weight: I50lbs Hair: Black Eyes: Brown
Interpreter: Yes • No IE List Language and/or dialect:Location Status:
Arrest Date:
• Already in Federal Custody as of:
D Already in State Custody
S Arrest Warrant Requested
• Arrest Warrant Pending
Defense Counsel Information:
Name:
Address:
Telephone:
in:
• On Pretrial Release
D Fugitive
• Detention Sought
D Court Appointed
• Retained
D Public Defender
Scars/Tattoos:
• Not in Custody
• Summons Requested
• Bond
U.S. Attorney Information:
AUSA: Joseph !•:. DePadilla Telephone No. 757-441-6331
Complainant Agency, Address & Phone Number or Person & Title:
Federal Bureau of Investigation, 509 Resource Row, Chesapeake, VA 23320, 757-455-0100
U.S.C. Citations:
Bar ft:
Code/Section
Sell 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341,2
Set 2 18 U.S.C. §§ 1349,2
Set 3 18 U.S.C. §§659,218 U.S.C. §981 (a)(1)(C) by 28
Set 4 U.S.C. §2461
Description of Offense Charged Count(s)
Attempted Mail Fraud
mt(s) CapitaI/Felony/Misd/Pett)
1 Felony
2 Felony
3 Felony
Attempted Wire FraudTheft of Interstate Shipment byCarrier
Criminal Forfeiture
(May bo continued on reverse)
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