The Sentencing of Sgt. Schultz (Dave Roepke)
David Roepke, CyberNET's "CFO" or "Comptroller" depending on when and who you asked, was sentenced this week to straight probation -- no prison time at all. You can read his lawyer's sentencing memorandum here and Roepke's heartfelt hand-written letter to the judge here.
Some may criticize the sentence. However, I would like to come to Dave Roepke's defense here. I have read thousands of emails and reviewed an equal number of primary source CyberNET internal documents. I have interviewed over fifty people. Other than the fact that Roepke made the wire transfers in the days after the FBI raid, I have found no evidence of any criminal wrongdoing by him whatsoever.
Roepke's job title of CFO was rather overblown. Dave was basically a glorified accounting clerk. His job was to calculate how much CyberNET was in the red each month (millions!), and tell Barton the number. Barton would then wire transfer that amount into the CyberNET account from the shell company bank accounts. Roepke would then pay the bills. Barton's explanation to Roepke was that the money was from his vast personal wealth, and that he was simply supporting CyberNET's losses with his own money.
Some may criticize the sentence. However, I would like to come to Dave Roepke's defense here. I have read thousands of emails and reviewed an equal number of primary source CyberNET internal documents. I have interviewed over fifty people. Other than the fact that Roepke made the wire transfers in the days after the FBI raid, I have found no evidence of any criminal wrongdoing by him whatsoever.
Roepke's job title of CFO was rather overblown. Dave was basically a glorified accounting clerk. His job was to calculate how much CyberNET was in the red each month (millions!), and tell Barton the number. Barton would then wire transfer that amount into the CyberNET account from the shell company bank accounts. Roepke would then pay the bills. Barton's explanation to Roepke was that the money was from his vast personal wealth, and that he was simply supporting CyberNET's losses with his own money.
posted by Jim Cameron at
2:18 PM
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xktqyivThe April 25 GR Press reports that boy wonder Jonathan Mast got sentenced to 5 years in Club Fed (with the possibility to earn a reduction IF he's called to testify against Krista and Paul).
Now that's more like it!
And no surprise, the article says when Judge Enslen's sentence of probation for Roepke was brought up at Mast's proceeding, the prosecutor told Judge Quist that roepke's sentencing would likely be appealed.
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