Former Suffolk County MP, accomplice convicted of defrauding a mortgage lender of over $250,000.

Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the conviction of GEORGE GOULDI, a former Suffolk County Assemblyman and disbarred attorney, and VICTORIA DAVIDSON for defrauding mortgage lender Ditech Financial LLC of more than a quarter of a million dollars. The jury found GULDI and DAVIDSON guilty on all counts after a trial of approximately two weeks before U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein.

U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “George Gouldy, while in prison, concocted and executed a plan, along with his accomplice Victoria Davidson, to blatantly steal over $250,000 through outright lies. Today they are being held accountable by a jury for their scheme and they will both face justice for their shameless misdeeds.”

According to the complaint superseding the indictment, court documents, evidence presented during the trial, and publicly available information:

In February 2017, mortgage lender Ditech Financial LLC (“Ditech”) received a payment of approximately $250,000 from JPMorgan Chase in connection with the settlement of a civil lawsuit between several financial institutions. Ditech mistakenly believed these funds to be a payment from GULDI against its mortgage and sent a letter to GULDI in March 2017 stating that it would not credit the payment as it owed more than the payment.

GULDI, who was in state prison at the time for insurance offenses and knew he was not actually sending any money to Ditech, then enlisted his ex-girlfriend DAVIDSON to contact Ditech and try to “snatch” the funds.” to freedom,” as he put it in a recorded call from prison. In the following weeks, DAVIDSON called Dietek at least 19 times, and during those calls repeatedly lied in an attempt to obtain funds, including falsely claiming that she was a lawyer and an employee of the GULDI company and that GULDI allegedly sent the money. Ditech’s funds “accidentally” and demanded their return.

In April 2017, after weeks of misrepresenting DAVIDSON, Ditech transferred the funds to DAVIDSON’s personal bank account. Within two weeks, DAVIDSON drained most of the funds from her account, paying for her and GULDI’s various expenses and buying several cashier’s checks. Within a month the money was gone.

GULDI, 69, of Ludlow, Vermont, and DAVIDSON, 57, of Lakeville, Connecticut, were convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, one count of wire fraud and one count of bank fraud. For conspiracy and bank fraud, the maximum penalty is 30 years in prison, and for wire fraud, the maximum penalty is 20 years in prison.

Statutory maximum sentences are set by Congress and are provided here for informational purposes only, as the sentence for defendants will be determined by a judge. GULDI’s sentence is due on May 30, 2023, while DAVIDSON’s sentence is due on May 31, 2023.

Mr. Williams praised the outstanding investigative work of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

This case is handled by the Department’s General Crimes Unit. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Madison Reddick Smyser, Jonathan L. Bodansky, and Daniel S. Richenthal, assisted by paralegals Arjun Ahuja and William Sirmon IV, are responsible for the prosecution.