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Financial Advisor Dean Dellas Charged With Wire Fraud, Identity Theft, Faces Decades in Prison

Dean Dellas, 40, of Cazenovia, New York, was arraigned Tuesday in federal court on charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Craig L. Tremaroli, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

According to the indictment, beginning no later than June 2021 through November 2023, Dellas acted as a financial advisor for the investment accounts of clients in the Syracuse area.

The indictment alleges that Dellas fraudulently induced those clients to sign paperwork that authorised Dellas to take advisor fees from their accounts well in excess of what they actually agreed to.

For other accounts, Dellas fraudulently induced the clients to sign paperwork granting him trading and withdrawal authority over their accounts, according to the indictment. This account-opening paperwork misrepresented Dellas’s relationship to the clients and falsely stated that Dellas received no compensation for providing investment advice.

The account-opening documents that Dellas induced the client to sign also falsely stated that the client wanted to engage in high-risk forms of investment, according to the indictment.

To conceal the fraud, Dellas allegedly took steps to conceal account statements from his clients and at times impersonated clients in communicating with brokerage firms.

According to the indictment, Dellas stole approximately $642,000 from his victims through unauthorised withdrawals and advisor fees.

The charges in the indictment are merely accusations. The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

Dellas was released pending a trial to be scheduled later this year before Chief United States District Court Judge Brenda K. Sannes.

The wire fraud charges filed against Dellas carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison and a fine of the greater of $250,000 or twice any gain or loss determined by the court. The aggravated identity theft charges carry a sentence of two years’ federal prison consecutive to any other term of imprisonment imposed.

The charges also carry a term of supervised release of up to three years.

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