He deserves the sentence of imprisonment he received for his effort to defeat our anti-money laundering laws.”
But rather than respect the law and his important role in the enforcement process, he helped DiCrecchio cover up a massive fraud. “In his position as a supervisor at a check cashing business, Del Borrello served at a key gateway in our economy. “Del Borrello, by his corrupt choices, prevented the ordinary operation of the anti-money laundering laws of the United States,” said Acting U.S. Del Borrello’s corrupt actions permitted DiCrecchio to remain undetected while he perpetrated the $7 million fraud on the Market. On some occasions, DiCrecchio directed Del Borrello to convert the proceeds of the checks into separate money orders which were used to pay the $14,167 monthly rent for DiCrecchio’s Stone Harbor house. Del Borrello caused the filing of false CTRs which hid DiCrecchio’s identity, or caused United Check Cashing to fail to file a CTR altogether. For these cash transactions in excess of $10,000, regulations require the currency exchange to file a CTR, recording the identity of the person who presented the transaction. These checks were each made out for less than $10,000, but when cashed as a group generated in excess of $10,000 in United States currency. As part of his guilty plea, DiCrecchio admitted regularly causing groups of checks to be delivered to, and cashed at, United Check Cashing. Del Borrello was a supervisor at United Check Cashing on South Broad Street in Philadelphia and, as such, was responsible for compliance with regulations governing cash transactions, including the preparation and filing of CTRs.ĭel Borrello regularly cashed checks for Caesar DiCrecchio, who has pleaded guilty to defrauding the Market while serving as its President and CEO. The defendant pleaded guilty to a Criminal Information in April 2021, charging him with filing false Currency Transaction Reports (CTRs) and failing to file CTRs for cash transactions in excess of $10,000. Rufe for filing false currency reports in connection with a vast, multi-million dollar scheme to defraud the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market (Market) in South Philadelphia, perpetrated by the Market’s President and CEO Caesar DiCrecchio. PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Thomas Del Borrello, 42, of Sewell, NJ, was sentenced to one year in prison, two years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $5,000 fine by United States District Judge Cynthia M.
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