A Huntington Station man who led a fraudulent $30 million mass-mailing scheme was sentenced Monday to probation.
The scheme targeted mostly elderly victims with claims of jackpot prizes, charging them fees to claim what turned out to be nonexistent winnings.
Tully Lovisa, 60, was sentenced to two years of probation in federal court in Central Islip.
He was one of three people arrested in July 2018 and accused of committing federal mail fraud and money laundering to trick thousands of people around the country in the scheme. He pleaded guilty in October 2018 to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud.
Arrested at the same time were Lorraine Chavaloutis,of Greenlawn, and Shaun Sullivan of Merrick. She was sentenced in January to a term of six months. Sullivan pleaded guilty in May 2019.
Names associated with the scheme
| Addleshaw Bird & Mitchell | Analytical Distribution Authority |
| Anderson Burges & Smith | Automated Marketing Management |
| Butler Rose & Jameson | Cantor Benjamin & Associates |
| Capital Management Group | Capital Reporting Partners |
| Capital Research Consultants | Certified Distribution Specialists |
| Consumer Affiliate Network | Direct Notification Advisors |
| Direct Research Consultants | Donaldson Baker and Associates |
| Entitlement Distribution Center | Exclusive Selection Committee |
| Federated Allocation Bureau | Global Worldwide Enterprises |
| Immediate Disbursement Division | Kingsley, Harper & Hatfield |
| Media Opportunities Direct | Monetary Allocation Group |
| Monetary Disbursement Associates | Morgan Phelps & Stern Associates |
| National Asset Allocation | National Data Advisors |
| National Monetary Holdings | Northrup Winslow & Partners |
| Pierce Greene & Associates | Portfolio Management Fund |
| Rappaport, Hiltner & Crenshaw | Registered Asset Advisors |
| Registered Disbursement Division | Registered Entitlement Services |
| Registered Fulfillment Advisory | Research Advisory Associates |
| Research Fulfillment Bureau | Securities Disbursement Division |
| Settlement Notification Advisory | Unified Reporting Services |
| Universal Acquisition Partners | Universal Disbursement Associates |
| Universal Research Unlimited |
Soft on crime, it’s why crooks keep committing crime. When will our judges wake up and get tough?