Former Vice President of Wells Fargo Advisors and Morgan Stanley & Co. Pleads Guilty in $1.8 Million Fraud Scheme

SAN FRANCISCO—Adorean Boleancu pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco on September 13, 2013, to one count of wire fraud, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
In pleading guilty, Boleancu, vice president and senior financial consultant in the Wealth Management Group of Wells Fargo Advisors LLC, admitted to writing more than $1.8 million in checks on accounts of an elderly, widowed client for his personal benefit. He signed the victim’s name to checks drawn on the victim’s brokerage account and home equity lines of credit without the victim’s knowledge or authorization. The checks were payable to Boleancu’s family members, his girlfriend, another female acquaintance, cash, and financial companies where Boleancu had credit card accounts.
Boleancu, 47, of Napa, California, was indicted by a federal Grand jury on July 9, 2013. He was charged with 14 counts of bank fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1344; four counts of wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343; five counts of money laundering, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1957; and four counts of aggravated identity theft, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1028A.
Boleancu is currently released on an $800,000 bond.
Boleancu’s sentencing hearing is scheduled for December 17, 2013, before the Honorable Richard Seeborg, U.S. District Court Judge, in San Francisco. The maximum statutory penalty for wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343, is 30 years and a fine of $1,000,000, plus restitution. However, any sentence will be imposed by the court only after consideration of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and the federal statute governing the imposition of a sentence, 18 U.S.C. § 3553.
Robert S. Leach and Kyle F. Waldinger are the Assistant U.S. Attorneys who are prosecuting the case with the assistance of Rayneisha Booth and Mary Mallory. The prosecution is the result of an 18-month investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.