November 18, 2003
Inmate Sentenced for Nextel Phone Scam
An inmate who used a jail telephone to impersonate Hollywood executives and dupe Nextel Communications out of more than 1,000 cell phones was sentenced Monday to more than 11 years in prison, according to 1010Wins.
"Federal prosecutors said Sabatino, claiming at various times that he was an executive of movie houses like Sony and Viacom, talked Nextel into sending the phones, which he claimed were for movie shoots.
A federal complaint said videotapes from the jail show Sabatino spent as much as eight hours a day on the phone".
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