HARRISBURG, Pa.—Jeremy Antuan Boria Fraticelli, the alleged ringleader of a central Pennsylvania fraud ring that targeted credit union and bank customers, has been sentenced to one year to 23 months in prison, followed by five years of probation, after pleading guilty to corrupt organizations, identity theft and theft charges, according to Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday.
The attorney general’s office said Fraticelli, 23, of Dover, was also ordered to pay more than $537,000 in restitution for a scheme that stole more than $3 million from financial institutions and consumers across Cumberland, Dauphin and York counties in Pennsylvania.
According to the attorney general, 24 people were charged in the scheme, with prosecutors alleging the group posed as customer service representatives for financial institutions, tricked customers into handing over personal information, and then used that information to move funds into funnel accounts for withdrawal. Sunday said nine cases against Fraticelli’s co-conspirators are still pending, while the remaining defendants have already pleaded guilty and been sentenced.
As CUToday.info previously reported when the charges were announced in February 2025, many of the victims were tied to a CU in Enola, and the case emerged from a two-year investigation by the Pennsylvania State Police and the Office of Attorney General. Victims were lured by calls and texts from people posing as fraud department representatives, then locked out of their online accounts after surrendering credentials. The stolen funds were routed through secondary accounts and later withdrawn through ATMs, casino cash advances and digital payment platforms including Cash App and Apple Pay.
The attorney general said the ring defrauded central Pennsylvania financial institutions and their customers/members of more than $3 million, with investigators identifying more than 800 victims. The original case details also said Fraticelli allegedly steered the organization and was among six higher-level participants arrested in October 2024, with additional arrests of other co-conspirators continuing after that point.
The sentencing closes one chapter in a case that had already drawn attention because of the scale of the losses and the impact on credit union members, but prosecutors made clear the matter is not over. Sunday said his office will continue pursuing the remaining co-conspirators.