![Rayne Man Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud Worth More Than $100,000](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2012/05/Courthouse-300x225.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Rayne Man Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud Worth More Than $100,000
LAFAYETTE, La. (KPEL) -- A Rayne man has pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud after he redirected more than $100,000 into a bank account associated with a fake company.
U.S. Attorney Stephanie Finley said Tuesday that 53-year-old Joseph Bessee used his position as a salesperson at Interco and created a fake company called INT sales. Using his position, he would arrange for tire sales as an Interco employee, take the customers' account information, then, through a point-of-sale device, process that account information and credit the funds to the fake account.
Finley said Besse obtained $143,872.88 using this scheme.
He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. A sentencing date has yet to be set.
More From News Talk 96.5 KPEL
![Shreveporter Headed to Prison for Wire Fraud](http://townsquare.media/site/180/files/2017/04/Judges-Gavel-5-iStock1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Lafayette Man Sentenced For Stealing $1.5 Million From His Disabled Sister](http://townsquare.media/site/842/files/2016/06/gavel.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Franklin Woman Sentenced In Federal Wire Fraud Case](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2015/10/Judges-Gavel-iStock.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![St. Landry Woman Pleads Guilty To $116,000 Theft](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2015/03/Judges-Gavel-2-Getty.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Ponzi Scheme Nets Lake Charles Man 235 Month Prison Term](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2015/10/Judges-Gavel-iStock-640x480-e1459352235432.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Houma Woman Arrested For Defrauding Illegals](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2014/07/Money-8-iStock.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Wire Fraud Nets Erath Woman Prison Sentence](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2013/11/Jail-Bars-3-iStock.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Breaux Bridge Man Drowns After Car Plunges into Pond](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2024/07/attachment-Untitled-design-16-copy.jpg?w=980&q=75)