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Manteca man pleads guilty to embezzling $1.4 million in gift card scheme

Summary by Stocktonia
A Manteca man pleaded guilty to wire fraud through a gift card scheme that totaled $1.4 million, acting US Attorney Michele Beckwith announced. Justin Payne, 50, worked as an IT director for a family-owned business in Modesto. Payne used his company-issued credit card to buy gift cards from multiple places which he then sold to online businesses to convert them into cash. According to prosecutors, Payne carried out 3,700 of these transactions wi…
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Stocktonia broke the news in on Thursday, June 12, 2025.
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