Opinion ID: 2652634
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Heading: Indictment and Conviction

Text: In January 2004, a grand jury indicted Carter and codefendants Susan Carter (his then-wife) and Jaime Abarghoie (Susan Carter’s daughter) for their participation in a scheme involving the fraudulent issuance of airline passenger tickets. Between 2000 and 2003, Carter and his co-defendants gained unauthorized access to the airline ticket-writing authority of various travel agencies, then wrote international tickets at bogus face value prices allegedly discounted from the actual fares. Defendants pocketed the difference – over $1 million – and left the travel agencies and airlines to deal with the losses. In October 2005, the grand jury returned a superseding indictment against Carter and his co-defendants, charging them with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, access device fraud, and money laundering. The superseding indictment also included forfeiture allegations for the following property: • $51,763.30 in a Bank of America account; • $44,400.00 in a Bank of America safe deposit box; UNITED STATES V. CARTER 5 • Real property at 3009 Beach View Court, Las Vegas, NV; • Real property at 3317 Chesterbrook Court, Las Vegas, NV; • 1996 Mercedes Benz; • 1994 Rolls Royce; • 2001 Ford Mustang; • Contents of a metal container seized during the search of 3009 Beach View Court, including: $10,300.00 in cash; a check for $9,150.00 made payable to Susan Carter; and coins totaling $40.17; and • various computer equipment. In February 2006, Carter’s co-defendants pled guilty with written plea agreements. In March 2006, a jury convicted Carter on all counts.