A Great Neck man pleaded guilty to four counts of money laundering for his role as the owner of a telecommunications company that facilitated and profited from fraudulent robocalls Friday, the Department of Justice said.
Under a plea agreement, Jon Kahen will pay nearly $400,000 in criminal forfeiture and restitution to victims as a result of the robocalls conducted throughout his Great Neck-based company, Global Voicecom, Inc., officials said. A complaint filed in January 2020 in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn was part of an action against robocalls that also focused on two individuals from Arizona and their telecommunication companies.
The complaint said that domestic telecommunication companies were used as “gateway carriers” to allow foreign robocalls to infiltrate the domestic telephone system. The department said the companies ignored repeated red flags and warnings about the fraudulent activity of the calls they carried.
“Mr. Kahen knowingly facilitated the robocalls of government imposters that not only defrauded U.S. consumers but preyed on their trust in the government,” Gail S. Ennis, inspector general for the Social Security Administration, said.
The Justice Department said many of the robocalls originate and are conducted in foreign countries such as India. According…
