Alameda County Man Sentenced To Prison For Fraud Scheme

BAY AREA — Alameda County resident Ferdinand "Dennis" Arafiles was sentenced this month to 10 months in prison, 5 months of home confinement, and ordered to pay $100,000 in restitution for his role in a scheme to defraud a Bay Area manufacturer and seller of networking equipment.

The 50-year-old man pleaded guilty to wire fraud last December.

Arafiles was an employee of a Bay Area public school district. He admitted that he ordered replacement computer parts, then sold them online.

He will begin serving his sentence next year.

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