Iowa U.S. Attorney: Cedar Rapids Contractor Sentenced to Federal Prison for Scamming Derecho Victims
June 19, 2024
June 19, 2024
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, June 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release:
A Cedar Rapids, Iowa, contractor who scammed victims of the 2020 derecho was sentenced on June 11, 2024, to four years in federal prison. Scott Gregory Adkins, age 48, received the prison term after a February 1, 2024, guilty plea to one count of wire fraud. In a plea agreement, Adkins admitted that, from December 2020 through March 2022, he devised and . . .
A Cedar Rapids, Iowa, contractor who scammed victims of the 2020 derecho was sentenced on June 11, 2024, to four years in federal prison. Scott Gregory Adkins, age 48, received the prison term after a February 1, 2024, guilty plea to one count of wire fraud. In a plea agreement, Adkins admitted that, from December 2020 through March 2022, he devised and . . .