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A federal jury convicted two men Wednesday for their roles in a $4.5 million telemarketing scheme that defrauded victims in the United States from a call center in Costa Rica. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Manuel Chavez, of Miami, Florida, and Mark Oman, of Long Beach, Washington, participated in a fraudulent telemarketing scheme in which co-conspirators, who falsely posed as U.S. government officials, contacted victims in the United States to tell them that that they had won a substantial sweepstakes prize. After convincing victims, many of whom were elderly, that they stood to receive a significant financial reward, the co-conspirators told victims that they needed to make a series of up-front payments before collecting their supposed prize, purportedly for items such as taxes, customs duties and other fees. Co-conspirators used a variety of means to conceal their true identities, including Voice over Internet Protocol technology, which made it ap

United statesNorth carolinaCriminal divisionCosta ricaBryant jacksonNicholasl mcquaidMaxo cogburn jrWilliamt stetzerEmanuel chavezInvestigation cincinnati field officeCharlotte field officeUs district courtAtlanta divisionJustice department criminal divisionOffice for victims of crimeNational elder fraud hotline