Florida Woman Sentenced to Three Years in Business Email Scam That Drained $1,500,000+ From Victims
Federal prosecutors have secured a three-year prison sentence against a Florida woman involved in a business email compromise scheme that stole more than $1.5 million from victims across the country.
Zamar McPherson, 50, of Boynton Beach, Florida, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud along with two counts of wire fraud and was sentenced on November 12th, 2026, says the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia.
The court imposed three years of supervised release in addition to the prison term.
McPherson must also forfeit $154,474.85 and share responsibility for restitution payments exceeding $1.5 million to four victims along with her co-conspirators.
Two associates in the scheme, Garland Shelton of Wytheville, Virginia, and Olivia Oxley of Brooklyn, New York, received their sentences earlier in 2026.
“McPherson conspired with Shelton, Oxley, and others to engage in a business email compromise scheme. The victims in this case had planned to send legitimate wire payments to certain payees. A member of the conspiracy created and utilized fictitious email accounts, however, and provided new account information for the wire payments to the victims. The victims were then defrauded into sending large sums of money to bank accounts belonging to McPherson, Shelton, and Oxley. McPherson, Shelton, and Oxley created and utilized personal and illegitimate business accounts at various financial institutions to facilitate these fraudulent wire transfer payments.”
Homeland Security Investigations and the Eden Prairie Police Department led the inquiry with assistance from additional state and local agencies.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Corey Hall prosecuted the case.
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