Update on late Memphis Corvette club president
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Update on late Memphis Corvette club president
This guy's wife (Pres of Memphis vette club) was well liked in the Memphis area, and he killed her about 2 years ago. Article below was from today's Memphis paper.
A Cordova insurance agent charged with killing his wife two years ago now faces federal criminal charges of insurance fraud, mail fraud and money laundering.
Joseph Caronna was indicted Friday on 63 counts that allege he stole from insurance companies and from his client accounts by forging signatures, withdrawing funds from their accounts and stashing misappropriated funds in false bank accounts and private mailboxes.
He allegedly used some of the money to buy six cars and trucks, at least some of them antique or luxury vehicles, said federal authorities, who also are seeking the forfeiture of $835,809.35 by Caronna.
"Thefts such as these premised upon greed, strike at the heart of the financial system and victimize those attempting to invest and save their hard-earned income," said U.S. Atty. Ed Stanton.
Caronna, 46, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Tina Caronna, 44, who was found dead of asphyxiation on Oct. 27, 2008, in the couple's Chevrolet Avalanche at the end of Brannick Drive near Elmore Road and Summer Avenue in Bartlett.
She was a financial services executive and was president-elect of the Corvette Memphis Club.
Soon after charges were filed in March of last year, Caronna went on the lam for nearly three weeks before he was captured living under a fictitious name in a motel in Jackson, Tenn.
Since then his requests for a bond have been denied.
Caronna's Criminal Court murder trial is set for Aug. 1 next year. He faces life in prison if convicted as charged.
His defense attorney has said the state has only a circumstantial case against Caronna.
He also is facing several civil suits filed by former clients who allege he stole more than a half-million dollars to pay for a car collection.
Last September federal authorities signaled their intentions when they initially filed a civil petition against Caronna seeking claim to six cars and a motorcycle, plus three bank accounts totaling $30,358.37.
Friday's criminal charges stem from those civil cases.
The feds said forfeiture was the proper remedy because they were acquired through money laundering, mail fraud, bank fraud and wire fraud.
At that time, they alleged that Caronna bilked insurance clients of more than $500,000 since 2002.
-- Lawrence Buser: 529-2385
A Cordova insurance agent charged with killing his wife two years ago now faces federal criminal charges of insurance fraud, mail fraud and money laundering.
Joseph Caronna was indicted Friday on 63 counts that allege he stole from insurance companies and from his client accounts by forging signatures, withdrawing funds from their accounts and stashing misappropriated funds in false bank accounts and private mailboxes.
He allegedly used some of the money to buy six cars and trucks, at least some of them antique or luxury vehicles, said federal authorities, who also are seeking the forfeiture of $835,809.35 by Caronna.
"Thefts such as these premised upon greed, strike at the heart of the financial system and victimize those attempting to invest and save their hard-earned income," said U.S. Atty. Ed Stanton.
Caronna, 46, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Tina Caronna, 44, who was found dead of asphyxiation on Oct. 27, 2008, in the couple's Chevrolet Avalanche at the end of Brannick Drive near Elmore Road and Summer Avenue in Bartlett.
She was a financial services executive and was president-elect of the Corvette Memphis Club.
Soon after charges were filed in March of last year, Caronna went on the lam for nearly three weeks before he was captured living under a fictitious name in a motel in Jackson, Tenn.
Since then his requests for a bond have been denied.
Caronna's Criminal Court murder trial is set for Aug. 1 next year. He faces life in prison if convicted as charged.
His defense attorney has said the state has only a circumstantial case against Caronna.
He also is facing several civil suits filed by former clients who allege he stole more than a half-million dollars to pay for a car collection.
Last September federal authorities signaled their intentions when they initially filed a civil petition against Caronna seeking claim to six cars and a motorcycle, plus three bank accounts totaling $30,358.37.
Friday's criminal charges stem from those civil cases.
The feds said forfeiture was the proper remedy because they were acquired through money laundering, mail fraud, bank fraud and wire fraud.
At that time, they alleged that Caronna bilked insurance clients of more than $500,000 since 2002.
-- Lawrence Buser: 529-2385
