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IURT

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA

2015

Norfolk Division
UNDER SEAL

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CRIMINAL NO. 2:15cr Wo

v.

18U.S.C. 1341 &2

Attempted Mail Fraud
(Count 1)

DONTE CHANDLER,
Defendant.

I8U.S.C. 1349 & 2

Attempted Wire Fraud
(Count 2)
18U.S.C. 659&2

Theft of Interstate Shipment

by Carrier
(Count 3)

18 U.S.C. 981(a)(1)(C) by 28 U.S.C.

2461
Criminal Forfeiture

INDICTMENT

September 2015 'Term - At Norfolk, Virginia

COUNT ONE

THE GRAND JURY CHARGES THAT:

From on or about July 21, 2014 through on or about September 26, 2014, the exact dates

being unknown, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in the Eastern District of Virginia and elsewhere,
defendant DONTE CHANDLER knowingly devised and intended to devise a scheme and artifice
to defraud and for obtaining money and property by means of materially false and fraudulent
pretenses, representations, and promises, which scheme and artifice, and the execution thereof,
operated in substance as follows:

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1.

The object ofthe defendant's fraudulent scheme and artifice was to steal an iPad

tablet computer belonging to passenger B.G. booked on a US Airways flight traveling from
Douglas Field, North Carolina and arriving at Norfolk International Airport, Virginia.
2.

As part of the scheme and artifice, the defendant illegally removed from checked

baggage an iPad belonging to passenger B.G., which was provided by the United States Navy to

B.G. as part of an intelligence class and was located in the secure area of Norfolk International
Airport.

3.

As part of the scheme and artifice, the defendant placed a phone call to B.G. and

told him that the defendant found and purchased the iPad on Craigslist for $200, but after

receiving the iPad the defendant thought the deal was "shady".

B.G. offered the defendant

$100 to return the iPad if the defendant would mail the iPad to B.G.'s address in California.

The defendant agreed to this proposition.

4.

As a result of the defendant's scheme and artifice, defendant attempted to inflict a

loss of $100 on B.G. for return of the stolen iPad.

5.

On or about September 26,2014, in the Eastern District of Virginia, for the

purpose of executing the aforesaid scheme and artifice and attempting to do so, the defendant did

place and caused to be placed in an authorized depository for mail matter for delivery by the

United States Postal Service an envelope containing an iPad issued by the United States Navy to
B.G.

(In violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1349 and 2).

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COUNT TWO

THE GRAND JURY CHARGES THAT:

From in or about July 21, 2014 through in or about September 26, 2014, the exact dates

being unknown, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in the Eastern District of Virginia and elsewhere,
defendant DONTE CHANDLER knowingly devised and intended to devise a scheme and artifice
to defraud and for obtaining money and property by means of materially false and fraudulent
pretenses, representations, and promises, which scheme and artifice, and the execution thereof,
operated in substance as follows:
1.

The object of the defendant's fraudulent scheme and artifice was to steal an iPad

tablet computer belonging to a passenger booked on a US Airways flight leaving Douglas Field
North Carolina and arriving at Norfolk International Airport, Virginia.

2.

As part of the scheme and artifice, the defendant illegally removed from checked

baggage an iPad belonging to passenger B.G., which was provided by the United States Navy to
B.G. as part of an intelligence class and was located in the secure area of Norfolk International
Airport.

3.

As part of the scheme and artifice, the defendant placed a phone call to B.G. and

told him that the defendant found and purchased the iPad on Craigslist for $200, but after

receiving the iPad the defendant thought the deal was "shady". B.G. offered the defendant
$100 to return the iPad if the defendant would mail the iPad to B.G.'s address in California.

The defendant agreed to this proposition.

4.

As a result of the defendant's scheme and artifice, defendant attempted to inflict a

loss of $100 on B.G. for return of the stolen iPad.

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5.

On or about September 11, 2014, in the Eastern District of Virginia and

elsewhere, for the purpose of attempting to execute the aforesaid scheme and artifice, defendant
DONTE CHANDLER did knowingly transmit and cause to be transmitted by means of wire and
radio communication in interstate and foreign commerce, certain writings, signs, signals,

pictures, and sounds, that is, a telephone call from Virginia to California, where the defendant
fraudulently described B.G.'s iPad as being purchased on Craigslist for $200, when in reality the

iPad was stolen from the Norfolk International Airport.

During said telephone call, an

agreement was reached that B.G. would pay the defendant $100 for return of said iPad that the

defendant had previously stolen from B.G.'s checked baggage which had been located in a
secure area of Norfolk International Airport.

(In violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1349 and 2).

COUNT THREE

THE GRAND JURY CHARGES THAT:

On orabout July 21, 2014, in Norfolk, Virginia, in the Eastern District of Virginia,
defendant DONTE CHANDLER unlawfully, willfully and knowingly, and with intent to convert

to his own use, did steal, take and carry away from a US Airways Passenger Plane Flight 726, in

the Norfolk International Airport, goods and, that is an iPad tablet computer, which was moving
as, were a part of, and constituted an interstate shipment of freight and express from the US

Airways Corporation at Douglas Field in the State ofNorth Carolina, to the US Airways
Corporation atNorfolk International Airport in the State of Virginia.
(In violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 659 and 2.)

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FORFEITURE ALLEGATION
THE GRAND JURY ALLEGES THAT:

1.

The defendant, if convicted ofany of the violations alleged in Counts 1 through 3 of

this Indictment, shall forfeit to the United States, as part of the sentencing pursuant to Federal Rule

of Criminal Procedure 32.2, any property, real or personal, which constitutes or is derived from
proceeds traceable to the violation.

2.

If any property that is subject to forfeiture above, as a result of any act or omission

of the defendant, (a) cannot be located upon the exercise of due diligence, (b) has beentransferred
to, sold to, or deposited with a third party, (c) has been placed beyond thejurisdiction of the Court,

(d)has been substantially diminished invalue, or(e)has been commingled with other property that

cannot be divided without difficulty, it isthe intention of the United States to seek forfeiture ofany
otherproperty of thedefendant, as subject to forfeiture under Title 21, United States Code, Section
853(p).

(In accordance with 18 U.S.C. 981(a)(1)(C) by 28 U.S.C. 2461.)

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United Slates ofAmerica v. Donte Chandler

Criminal No. 2:15cr \%<g

A TRUE BILL:

ISttheW
FOREPERSON

Dana J. Boente

United Slates Attorney

By:

Joseph DePa lilla

Assistant Un

ted States Attorney

8000 World Trade Center

101 West Main Street

Norfolk, Virginia 23510

(757)441-6331

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REDACTED

JS 45 (11/2002)

U.S. District Court

Criminal Case Cover Sheet

Under Seal: Yes

Place of Offense:

City:

EDVA

No

Superseding Indictment:

County/Parish:

Judge Assigned:
Criminal Number: 2:15cr |2-0

Same Defendant:

New Defendant: Donte Chandler

Magistrate Judge Case Number:

Arraignment Date:

Search Warrant Case Number:

R 20'R 40 from District of

Defendant Information:

Juvenile: Yes

No Kl

FBI#:
Alias Name(s):

Defendant Name: Donte Chandler

Address: | ^ ^ H i Norfolk,
Employment:

Birth Date: iWI

SStt: H I 1954 Sex: M
Height: 5'9"
Weight: I50lbs
Hair: Black

Interpreter: Yes

Race: Black

Place of Birth: United States

Nationality:

Eyes: Brown

Scars/Tattoos:

No IE List Language and/or dialect:

Location Status:
Arrest Date:

Already in Federal Custody as of:

in:

D Already in State Custody

S Arrest Warrant Requested

Arrest Warrant Pending

Not in Custody

D Fugitive

Summons Requested

Bond

On Pretrial Release

Detention Sought

Defense Counsel Information:

D Court Appointed

Name:
Address:

Telephone:

Retained

D Public Defender

U.S. Attorney Information:

AUSA: Joseph !:. DePadilla

Telephone No. 757-441-6331

Bar ft:

Complainant Agency, Address & Phone Number or Person & Title:

Federal Bureau of Investigation, 509 Resource Row, Chesapeake, VA 23320, 757-455-0100

U.S.C. Citations:
Code/Section

Sell

18 U.S.C. 1341,2

Set 2

18 U.S.C. 1349, 2

Description of Offense Charged

Count(s)
mt(s)

CapitaI/Felony/Misd/Pett)

Attempted Mail Fraud

Attempted Wire Fraud

Felony

Felony

Felony

Theft of Interstate Shipment by

Set 3
Set 4

18 U.S.C. 659,2
18 U.S.C. 981 (a)(1)(C) by 28
U.S.C. 2461

Carrier
Criminal Forfeiture

(May bo continued on reverse)