Marshfield Woman Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud

Madison, Wisconsin—Erik C. Peterson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Marcia M. Meshak, 47, of Marshfield, Wis., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Madison to wire fraud.

Meshak ran a travel agency in Marshfield known as Travel Pro. Between May and September 2007, Meshak accepted payment for reservations for hotels, airlines and various vacation plans from her customers. She failed to make the arrangements as promised, but instead kept the money given to her by the customers and used it to operate her business. Her conduct resulted in a loss of over $220,000 by her customers.

Meshak will be sentenced on August 28, 2008 at 1:00p.m. She faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and will be ordered to pay restitution to all her victims.

The charges against Meshak were the result of an investigation conducted by the Marshfield Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The prosecution of this case has been handled by Assistant U.S. Attorney Peter M. Jarosz.

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