Ohio judge orders men who made fake robocalls to register voters
Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman pleaded guilty last month to a single felony count of telecommunications fraud.
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Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman pleaded guilty last month to a single felony count of telecommunications fraud.
CLEVELAND — Two men convicted of fraud for targeting Black voters with phony robocalls before the 2020 election must spend 500 hours registering voters in low-income neighborhoods of Washington, D.C., an Ohio judge has ruled. Jacob Wohl, 24, of Irvine, California, and Jack Burkman, 56, of Arlington, Va., pleaded guilty
The judge called their scheme to discourage voters "despicable."
Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman must help register low-income voters after being sentenced for carrying out a robocall scheme in 2020.
Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman pleaded guilty last month to a single felony count of telecommunications fraud each.