International Fraud Operation

{Louisville, Kentucky}…Federal authorities are continuing to investigate several people allegedly involved in a $1.4 million international fraud operation stretching from Kentucky to Europe. Authorities say the people used at least 20 aliases and five fictitious companies, along with a residential address in Louisville, while advertising cars on websites such as eBay and Autotrader, and arranged for wire transfers to pay for vehicles. Once the money was received, it was run through multiple bank accounts in different names then transferred over a two-year period from banks in Kentucky to accounts in Hungary and Romania. U.S. Marshals caught up with Nicholas Corey Garner and Eli Holley in Indiana in mid-September. Both have been returned to Kentucky and pleaded not guilty. Jelahni Williams, who goes by the alias "Ruben Thompson," pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Authorities are still searching for Petrica Octavian Stoian, who took part in the scheme from Budapest, Hungary; Sorin Costea, who also goes by the alias "Adrian Flocea," and also took part in the scheme from Budapest, Hungary; and Sabrina Carmichael, who uses four aliases including "Valerie Pisano" and operated in Kentucky opening bank accounts in the names of the businesses.