Bill O'Hanlon stiffs businesses, triggers new fraud investigation

While on bail for a 13-count indictment that alleged he engaged in a telemarketing scheme to cheat senior citizens, William O’Hanlon allegedly continued to defraud timeshare owners so it should not be surprising that he had the gumption to explore the prospect of becoming a Washington Township mayoral candidate.

O'Hanlon told a political consultant to spare no expense when planning an extravagant campaign, but when the neophyte contender got cold feet, he lied to his credit card company and claimed that legitimate purchases were fraudulent charges.

Now, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into the scheme and a US District Court judge may soon be asked to put O'Hanlon in jail. to prevent him from engaging in new crimes.

O'Hanlon is one of seven people charged on April 4, 2023, in a 13-count indictment for their participation in a telemarketing scheme to defraud elderly timeshare owners.

While he was out on bail and facing one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, multiple counts of wire fraud, three counts of tax evasion, and one count of theft of government monies, O'Hanlon was hauled back to court and ordered to shut down a new telemarketing business for allegedly committing new fraud through them.

U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said that O’Hanlon was released on bail in April subject to the conditions that he would not have access to the 'personal identifying information' of others or commit another federal, state, or local crime.

Sellinger said that after his release, O’Hanlon operated another telemarketing business that also cheated elderly timeshare owners by offering to get them out of expensive contracts in return for upfront fees.

Now, a Florida political services firm and one of America's most trusted sources for enhanced voter data are trying to stop O’Hanlon from clawing back credit card payments for goods and services that have already been delivered.

"The guy is a convincing con artist," said a source familiar with the case who asked not to be identified. "When the government claimed he cheated senior citizens, he blamed his sister for setting him up. When he got a default judgment vacated, he called this technical reset an 'exoneration.' When he did not like the strategy his political consultant planned to use to get him elected, he lied to a credit card company in an attempt to stiff his vendors."