Randall Thomas Keyser, of Barboursville, West Virginia, was sentenced to more than two years in prison for attempting to obtain a job at an Akron-based company by posing as a major general in the United States Army, Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, announced today.
Keyser, 56, previously pleaded guilty to 13 counts of wire fraud and one count of mail fraud. U.S. District Judge Donald Nugent sentenced him to 27 months in prison.
“Passing oneself off as an Army general as a way to defraud a company and get money is an insult to all the brave men and women who have served and continue to serve in our nation’s military,” Dettelbach said.
Keyser, age 56, is also known as Carl R. Keyser, Jr., aka Carl Randall Thomas Keyser, aka Carl Thomas Keyser, Jr.
Keyser pleaded guilty to devising a scheme and artifice to defraud the Akron development company and one of its subsidiaries and to obtain money or property from them by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises.
Keyser attempted to get hired as the Director of Construction, and obtain the associated pay, signing bonuses, and other perks, by posing as a major general in the United States Army and the commanding officer of the Department of Defense’s Joint Construction Command, claiming to answer directly to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and representing himself to be a commissioned officer with 30 years experience who had been stationed around the world, held numerous high-level commissions, and overseen or supervised several multi-million-dollar construction projects throughout the world, according to court documents.
Keyser further posed as other high-ranking military officers to provide telephone recommendations for himself for the position. Keyser made interstate telephone calls, sent e-mails across state lines, and mailed documents to Ohio from West Virginia to execute and attempt to execute the scheme, according to court documents.
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