A Florida fraudster who once fabricated a fake federal pardon purportedly signed by Donald Trump will serve more than three decades in prison for a series of crimes, including fraud and murder for hire.
Alexander Leszczynski, 25, of North Redington Beach, attempted to steal millions through a host of fraudulent schemes and then wanted to hire a hitman to kill two government witnesses against him, according to the Tampa Bay Times.
When the government caught wind and seized $337,000 from one of his accounts, the cunning scammer concocted another wild plot: claiming that Donald Trump freed him.
“When he discovered the money had been frozen, he attempted to free it by presenting a fabricated pardon purportedly signed by former President Donald Trump,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office said after his arrest.
The feds didn’t believe it.
In April 2022, he was charged with wire fraud, bank fraud and money laundering for using fake charities to obtain two Payroll Protection Plan loans worth nearly $200,000, the Tampa Bay Times said.
He was also involved in a “check compounding” scheme and attempted to deposit $2.7 million in worthless checks into an account for one of his fake charities, the outlet said.
Alexander Leszczynski, a 25-year-old Florida fraudster, will serve more than three decades behind bars for a litany of fraud and other crimes. Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office
The slippery thief also attempted to deed properties across the country that were collectively worth more than $300 million, according to the newspaper.
When the real owners tried to fix the fake deeds, Leszczynski harassed them with threatening letters, emails and faxes.
He was charged again in October 2022 with trying to hire a hitman for $45,000 to eliminate a pair of government witnesses; He was convinced that without them, the government’s fraud case would simply fall apart, federal authorities said.
It didn’t work. Leszczynski didn’t know that he had been asking a confidential informant to connect him to a killer, and the informant put him in touch with an undercover agent who played the role until the feds could arrest him again.
That’s when he was charged with murder for hire and obstruction of justice, the newspaper said.
He was sentenced to more than 17 years for the fraud charges to which he pleaded guilty last November.
When he was caught, Leszczynski tried to fabricate a fake pardon from former President Donald Trump. It didn’t work. REUTERS
On Monday he was sentenced to another 17 years and six months in the murder-for-hire case, to which he pleaded guilty in June.
Leszczynski will serve the sentences, which amount to just over 35 years, consecutively, according to the newspaper.
But his escapades are not over, even though he is now behind bars.
Since pleading guilty, Leszczynski has written several letters asking and threatening people to come forward and take responsibility for his misdeeds, federal prosecutors said in a Monday news release.
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