Bought easily traceable assets
Over extended the Fraud ($100mill)
Stayed in the US
Deserves the 142 years for idiocy
Over extended the Fraud ($100mill)
Stayed in the US
Deserves the 142 years for idiocy
Texas Woman Accused of Stealing $100 Million From Army Youth Program and Spending It on 31 Homes, 78 vehicles, etc.
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Bunchy Carter
I'll Take The Money Over The Honey
I knew she was White. A Black person ain't stealing 100 mill, Black people can't even take a shyt at work, without somebody watching you walk to the bathroom
LOL she would have stood out if she spoke spanish or not
She just greedy bxtch tryna floss nothing high level criminal about her...Its extremely complicated period to wire mills to another countries currency ...Those non-extradition countries know whats up as far as who they attract, unless you have legitimate connections you're screwed...
This gargamel eyebrow bytch was smart enough to cook up this scam, but dumb enough to stay in the US?
78 cars for what?
I would've been in the most tropical non-extradition country living my best life
78 cars for what?
I would've been in the most tropical non-extradition country living my best life
beenz
Rap Guerilla
the audacity of thinking u can simply just disappear like a fart in the wind 
after stealing that kinda money 
after stealing that kinda money 
Janet in a Hellcat levels of stupidity. It’s called a lick, not a bite or a swallow. Stick and move.
Richard Glidewell
Superstar
No bail huh........ stole money from the youth........ deserves worse than what she gonna get
One of those cribs should've been in Bali, Indonesia got no extradition to the US 
Roger king
Superstar
Red states dont play they will lock you up for decades
Neo. The Only. The One.
THE ONE
Womb Raider
movin' thru the city streets
How bold you gotta be to steal $100 million fukking dollars 
Shawty thought she was gonna get away with stealing from the army of all places
Trump aint prez no more you big dummy
Shawty thought she was gonna get away with stealing from the army of all places
Trump aint prez no more you big dummy
There was nothing “smart” about this scam.This gargamel eyebrow bytch was smart enough to cook up this scam, but dumb enough to stay in the US?
78 cars for what?
I would've been in the most tropical non-extradition country living my best life
It’s kind of like Bernie Madoff and affinity fraud. A lot of ppl think he was megamind fraudsters and really he was just in the Jewish community and they all trust each other and they gave him their money.
She literally had a decades long working relationship with the ppl that signed off on the payments. IMO they need to be investigated too because how do you sign off on $100 million for one person company?
US Army worker who stole nearly $109 million to buy mansions and luxury cars is sentenced
By Associated Press
3 minute read
Published 12:24 AM EDT, Wed July 24, 2024
Janet Yamanaka Mello, left, walks into the federal courthouse with her husband in San Antonio, Texas, on Tuesday. Christopher Lee/The San Antonio Express-News/AP
A Texas woman who pleaded guilty to charges of stealing nearly $109 million from a youth development program for children of military families and using it to fund an extravagant lifestyle that included multiple mansions, a fleet of luxury cars and designer accessories was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in federal prison.
Janet Yamanaka Mello, 57, was sentenced by US District Judge Xavier Rodriguez after pleading guilty in March to five counts of mail fraud and five counts of filing a false tax return.
Prosecutors say Mello, a civilian employee at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, stole the money and used it to purchase one lavish item after another, including $923,000 of jewelry in a single day in 2022.
Mello was a financial manager who handled funding for a youth program at the military base and determined whether grant money was available. She created a fraudulent group called Child Health and Youth Lifelong Development, prosecutors said.
“Janet Mello betrayed the trust of the government agency she served and repeatedly lied in an effort to enrich herself,” said US Attorney Jaime Esparza for the Western District of Texas.
“Rather than $109 million in federal funds going to the care of military children throughout the world, she selfishly stole that money to buy extravagant houses, more than 80 vehicles and over 1,500 pieces of jewelry,” Esparza said.
Defense attorney Albert Flores said Mello is deeply remorseful.
“She realizes she committed a crime, she did wrong and is very ashamed,” Flores said.
Flores said Mello has saved many things she bought with the money and hopes the items are sold to reimburse the government. “I don’t think the court gave us enough credit for that, but we can’t complain,” Flores said.
The defense has no plans to appeal, he said.
Prosecutors said Mello used the fake organization she created to apply for grants through the military program. She filled out more than 40 applications over six years, illegally receiving nearly $109 million, assistant US Attorney Justin Simmons wrote in a court document asking for Mello to be sentenced to more than 19 years in prison.
Mello used the money to buy millions of dollars of real estate, clothing, high-end jewelry and 82 vehicles that included a Maserati, a Mercedes, a 1954 Corvette and a Ferrari Fratelli motorcycle.
Agents executing a search warrant in 2023 found many of the vehicles with dead batteries because they had not been operated in so long, Simmons wrote.
Prosecutors said Mello was able to steal so much because of her years of experience, expert knowledge of the grant program, and accumulated trust among her supervisors and co-workers.
“Mello’s penchant for extravagance is what brought her down,” said Lucy Tan, acting special agent in charge of the IRS Criminal Investigation’s field office in Houston.
A co-worker and friend of Mello’s, Denise Faison, defended Mello in a letter to the judge.
“Janet Mello is a good, kind, caring and loving person that would do no harm to anyone,” Faison wrote. “Janet has so much more to offer the world. Please allow her to repay her debt to society by returning what she has taken but not be behind prison bars.”
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Published 12:24 AM EDT, Wed July 24, 2024
Janet Yamanaka Mello, left, walks into the federal courthouse with her husband in San Antonio, Texas, on Tuesday. Christopher Lee/The San Antonio Express-News/AP
A Texas woman who pleaded guilty to charges of stealing nearly $109 million from a youth development program for children of military families and using it to fund an extravagant lifestyle that included multiple mansions, a fleet of luxury cars and designer accessories was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in federal prison.
Janet Yamanaka Mello, 57, was sentenced by US District Judge Xavier Rodriguez after pleading guilty in March to five counts of mail fraud and five counts of filing a false tax return.
Prosecutors say Mello, a civilian employee at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, stole the money and used it to purchase one lavish item after another, including $923,000 of jewelry in a single day in 2022.
Mello was a financial manager who handled funding for a youth program at the military base and determined whether grant money was available. She created a fraudulent group called Child Health and Youth Lifelong Development, prosecutors said.
“Janet Mello betrayed the trust of the government agency she served and repeatedly lied in an effort to enrich herself,” said US Attorney Jaime Esparza for the Western District of Texas.
“Rather than $109 million in federal funds going to the care of military children throughout the world, she selfishly stole that money to buy extravagant houses, more than 80 vehicles and over 1,500 pieces of jewelry,” Esparza said.
Defense attorney Albert Flores said Mello is deeply remorseful.
“She realizes she committed a crime, she did wrong and is very ashamed,” Flores said.
Flores said Mello has saved many things she bought with the money and hopes the items are sold to reimburse the government. “I don’t think the court gave us enough credit for that, but we can’t complain,” Flores said.
The defense has no plans to appeal, he said.
Prosecutors said Mello used the fake organization she created to apply for grants through the military program. She filled out more than 40 applications over six years, illegally receiving nearly $109 million, assistant US Attorney Justin Simmons wrote in a court document asking for Mello to be sentenced to more than 19 years in prison.
Mello used the money to buy millions of dollars of real estate, clothing, high-end jewelry and 82 vehicles that included a Maserati, a Mercedes, a 1954 Corvette and a Ferrari Fratelli motorcycle.
Agents executing a search warrant in 2023 found many of the vehicles with dead batteries because they had not been operated in so long, Simmons wrote.
Prosecutors said Mello was able to steal so much because of her years of experience, expert knowledge of the grant program, and accumulated trust among her supervisors and co-workers.
“Mello’s penchant for extravagance is what brought her down,” said Lucy Tan, acting special agent in charge of the IRS Criminal Investigation’s field office in Houston.
A co-worker and friend of Mello’s, Denise Faison, defended Mello in a letter to the judge.
“Janet Mello is a good, kind, caring and loving person that would do no harm to anyone,” Faison wrote. “Janet has so much more to offer the world. Please allow her to repay her debt to society by returning what she has taken but not be behind prison bars.”
Richard Glidewell
Superstar
That's it.......15 years?! Talking bout she would do no harm to anyone, but that's exactly what she did.........and I can tell by the way she went about it there is money hidden away somewhere......for that amount she should ha e got life.......I have children in the system this bytch was stealing from.......I'm trying to remember if I ever saw this ho while I was thereUS Army worker who stole nearly $109 million to buy mansions and luxury cars is sentenced
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By Associated Press
3 minute read
Published 12:24 AM EDT, Wed July 24, 2024
Janet Yamanaka Mello, left, walks into the federal courthouse with her husband in San Antonio, Texas, on Tuesday. Christopher Lee/The San Antonio Express-News/AP
A Texas woman who pleaded guilty to charges of stealing nearly $109 million from a youth development program for children of military families and using it to fund an extravagant lifestyle that included multiple mansions, a fleet of luxury cars and designer accessories was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in federal prison.
Janet Yamanaka Mello, 57, was sentenced by US District Judge Xavier Rodriguez after pleading guilty in March to five counts of mail fraud and five counts of filing a false tax return.
Prosecutors say Mello, a civilian employee at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, stole the money and used it to purchase one lavish item after another, including $923,000 of jewelry in a single day in 2022.
Mello was a financial manager who handled funding for a youth program at the military base and determined whether grant money was available. She created a fraudulent group called Child Health and Youth Lifelong Development, prosecutors said.
“Janet Mello betrayed the trust of the government agency she served and repeatedly lied in an effort to enrich herself,” said US Attorney Jaime Esparza for the Western District of Texas.
“Rather than $109 million in federal funds going to the care of military children throughout the world, she selfishly stole that money to buy extravagant houses, more than 80 vehicles and over 1,500 pieces of jewelry,” Esparza said.
Defense attorney Albert Flores said Mello is deeply remorseful.
“She realizes she committed a crime, she did wrong and is very ashamed,” Flores said.
Flores said Mello has saved many things she bought with the money and hopes the items are sold to reimburse the government. “I don’t think the court gave us enough credit for that, but we can’t complain,” Flores said.
The defense has no plans to appeal, he said.
Prosecutors said Mello used the fake organization she created to apply for grants through the military program. She filled out more than 40 applications over six years, illegally receiving nearly $109 million, assistant US Attorney Justin Simmons wrote in a court document asking for Mello to be sentenced to more than 19 years in prison.
Mello used the money to buy millions of dollars of real estate, clothing, high-end jewelry and 82 vehicles that included a Maserati, a Mercedes, a 1954 Corvette and a Ferrari Fratelli motorcycle.
Agents executing a search warrant in 2023 found many of the vehicles with dead batteries because they had not been operated in so long, Simmons wrote.
Prosecutors said Mello was able to steal so much because of her years of experience, expert knowledge of the grant program, and accumulated trust among her supervisors and co-workers.
“Mello’s penchant for extravagance is what brought her down,” said Lucy Tan, acting special agent in charge of the IRS Criminal Investigation’s field office in Houston.
A co-worker and friend of Mello’s, Denise Faison, defended Mello in a letter to the judge.
“Janet Mello is a good, kind, caring and loving person that would do no harm to anyone,” Faison wrote. “Janet has so much more to offer the world. Please allow her to repay her debt to society by returning what she has taken but not be behind prison bars.”
