PHOENIX, ARIZONA (BNO NEWS) – A Yuma, Arizona Marine Major turned himself in to authorities in response to an arrest warrant on charges he illegally deposited thousands of dollars in to bank accounts, prosecutors announced on Monday.
Richard Fuller, 42, was charged with a 22-count indictment mainly related to structuring financial transactions through a domestic financial institution. Fuller is a Marine Major who was deployed to Iraq from February to September 2005. Fuller served as a Project Purchasing Officer for the Commander's Emergency Response Program (CERP), and he was assigned to the 5th Civil Affairs Group, Camp Fallujah, Iraq.
Major Fuller tasks were to identify and select reconstruction projects, to award reconstruction projects to Iraqi contractors, to negotiate contract term, and to verify the completion of projects. CERP funds were distributed to the Iraqi contractors in the form of brand new $100 U.S. Currency notes.
After returning from Iraq, Fuller allegedly began making cash deposits using brand new $100 U.S. Currency notes. Fuller made a total of 91 deposits from October 2005 to April 2006. He deposited over $440,000 into bank accounts with Bank of America, Chase Bank and the Navy Federal Credit Union. Fuller also allegedly made multiple deposits under $10,000 into various bank accounts for the purpose of evading the reporting requirements under Federal Law.
The investigation was conducted by the Internal Revenue Service -Criminal Investigations, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Defense Criminal Investigative Service and the Special Inspector General for Iraqi Reconstruction.
Fuller faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine for structuring financial transactions. However, the actual sentence will be determined by the judge based on the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, which provide the appropriate sentencing ranges.
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