KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A California trucker working for a
Kansas freight brokerage pleaded guilty Monday to stealing a load of meat
valued at more than $160,000, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.
Gegham Avetisyan, 37, Valley Village, Calif., pleaded guilty
to one count of wire fraud. Avetisyan contracted with a trucking freight
brokerage business in Olathe to deliver a load of meat to three locations in
California. He faxed documents to the company in which he used the name Robert
Ivanov. He picked up the meat at a packing plant in Omaha, but never delivered
it.
Sentencing is set for Aug. 12. He faces a sentence of up to
20 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000. McAllister commended the
FBI and Assistant U.S. Attorney Chris Oakley for their work on the case.
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