Phoenixville Woman Sentenced After Fraudulently Selling Millions In Telecom Equipment: US Attorney

Phoenixville, PA -- A Phoenixville woman has been sentenced to five years in prison for selling millions of dollars in fraudulent telecom equipment, according to the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey.

Juanita L. Berry, 48, had been convicted in December of 2015 for four counts of wire fraud, which led to a total of $3.5 million in losses, the Attorney said.

The long-running scheme began in 2008 when Berry worked as a consultant for a company in Indiana, according to officials. Berry initially worked out of the Levittown office and then in Dayton, New Jersey.

During a three year period, she sold equipment from the company through a fake company that she personally created, and then kept all the profits for herself, the Attorney said.

Among the telecommunications equipment sold were complex electronic circuit boards, which cost up to tens of thousands of dollars, officials said.

Berry must also pay$3.4 million in restitution and will be under three years of supervised release once her prison term is up.