WOBURN - The mastermind behind a telemarketing scam that fooled more than 1,000 people into donating money to charities will spend the next few years in state prison.
Ronald Seeley, 39, of Medford, pleaded guilty to the charges in Middlesex Superior Court this week and Judge Wendie Gershengorn sentenced him to 4 1 /2 to six years in prison.
A Quincy man pleaded guilty to his part in the scam in June. George Borden, 53, was sentenced to 2 1 /2 years in jail and five years probation.
thomas wylde ReplicaProsecutors say Seeley and Borden and three other men spent more than $100,000 in donations meant for disabled veterans and retired police officers on jewelry, cars, a house and expensive meals.
Fake Tissot WatchesSeeley ran CMR Marketing, also known as All Star Marketing, and the scam between August 2006 and January 2008, court documents say. Seely also pleaded guilty to two separate cases of drug distribution, witness intimidation and threats.
Seeley, his son Brandon Seeley, 21, and some of Seeley's employees would claim that they were affiliated with the New England Paralyzed Veterans Association (NEPVA), and that money raised would benefit that organization. But they spent the money on themselves instead, according to prosecutors. They also solicited donations to a fund for retired Boston police and stole some of that money.
The state Attorney General's office began an investigation of CMR/ All Star Marketing during the summer of 2006. Last year, while Seeley was under indictment and out on personal recognizance in the telemarketing fraud and drug cases, State Police began a new investigation of him after receiving information that he was distributing drugs at times when he was due in court.
Brandon Seeley also pleaded guilty in June and was sentenced to 2 1 /2 years in jail with the sentence suspended for five years. His probation was revoked on Jan. 22 and he is currently serving the jail sentence.
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