DETROIT – Chanise Coyne, 46, was sentenced today to 5 years in federal prison after having pleaded guilty to executing a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme involving fictional child modeling events, United States Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon, Jr. announced.
Gorgon was joined in the announcement by Special Agent in Charge Jennifer Runyan, Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Coyne previously pleaded guilty to a charge of wire fraud and admitted that she obtained over $4.6 million from a local family by fraudulently claiming that the money would be used to pay advance fees for their young daughter’s participation in modeling events across the country. According to court records, Coyne generated false and fraudulent records—including fake text messages, emails, and invoices—relating to the supposed placement of that girl in modeling events. The money obtained by Coyne was fraudulently…
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