Roy M. Mosely, 49, of Hilton New York, and Pro-Mold, Inc., a New York Corporation located in Rochester, New York, were sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge David G. Larimer in connection with their guilty plea in July 2006 to felony informations charging a scheme to defraud Eastman Kodak Company by use of the United States mails which carries a maximum sentence of 5 years imprisonment and/or $250,000 fine, U.S. Attorney Terrance P. Flynn announced today. Mosely was sentenced to 3 years probation, placed on home confinement for 6 months, fined $3,000 and ordered to pay $189,174 in restitution to Kodak. Pro-Mold, Inc. was sentenced to one year probation and ordered to pay $189,174. At sentencing, both of the defendant’s paid $63,058 toward the restitution amount.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard A. Resnick, who handled the case, stated that Mosely was employed at Kodak in Rochester, New York as a mechanic until early 2005. While working at Kodak, he was introduced by another Kodak employee, Roger Benton, to a company named Pro-Mold, Inc. which provided molding services to Kodak. During the years 1997 through 2000, Mosely would hire Pro-Mold, Inc. to provide services to Kodak. Pro-Mold, Inc. would then first submit a bid to Kodak. Mosely and Pro-Mold, Inc. would then increase the bid so that Pro-Mold, Inc. would receive an inflated amount from Kodak. The inflated amount represented the amount to be kickbacked to Mosely and Benton, minus the taxes paid on such amount by Pro-Mold, Inc.

During the years 1997 through 2000, the inflated contracts awarded to Pro-Mold, Inc. resulted in a total loss to Kodak of $189,174.

Benton pled guilty to mail fraud on June 22, 2006, and is scheduled to be sentenced on January 30, 2007. It is anticipated that he will pay the remaining amount of restitution.

The conviction was the culmination of an joint investigation on the part of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, under the direction of Laurie J. Bennett , Special Agent in Charge, and the United States Postal Inspection Service, under the direction of William E. Kezer.

 

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