Former atf agent convicted of wire fraud
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A former federal agent who stole an elderly woman's life savings and gambled the money away in casinos was sentenced Thursday in Philadelphia to nearly four years in prison. John Kelvin
Conner, 63, is a longtime lawyer and former special agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), according to Justice Department officials. Federal prosecutors
described Conner's crimes as “particularly despicable” before a judge sentenced him to 46 months in prison. "He was supposed to be a role model,” prosecutors wrote in a sentencing
memorandum. “Instead, he is a thief, a gambling addict and a tax delinquent.” TEXTBOOK CASE The case is a textbook example of what elder-fraud experts know: While some frauds result in
blaring headlines, it is often people known and trusted by older Americans, such as caregivers and financial professionals, who commit many crimes against seniors. In February a jury found
Conner, of suburban Philadelphia, guilty of wire fraud and lying to federal agents for defrauding Sarah Fauntleroy, whom he swindled out of more than $95,000, after she had given him power
of attorney, prosecutors said. Fauntleroy, 88, died on Sunday, just days before Conner was sentenced, "Conner specifically targeted Ms. Fauntleroy because of her age and her
vulnerability,” prosecutors said in the sentencing memo. “He knew Ms. Fauntleroy was in dire financial straits and had undergone serious medical ailments, including a stroke.” Fauntleroy,
who lived alone, had never married and had no children, had worked for nearly 60 years for the Social Security Administration and retired in 2011, the memo said. Her only financial resources
were a government pension and an annuity. Prosecutors said Fauntleroy had suffered a stroke in 2015 and met Conner through her brother. In July 2016 she gave Conner power of attorney to
manage her finances and pay her bills, prosecutors said. Using that authority, Conner liquidated her annuity, put the proceeds in one of her bank accounts and then siphoned “nearly all of
that money for his personal use at casinos,” they said. Fauntleroy had hoped to leave her annuity to her niece.
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