UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. ALPHONSUS et al

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
ALBANY DIVISION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 	:
:
v. 	:
: 	CASE NO.: 1:24-CR-00009-WLS-ALS
JORDAN C. ALPHONSUS, et al., 	:
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Defendants. 	:
:
ORDER
On October 14, 2026, the Court held a hearing to determine the loss amount in this
case. The Court issues this Order to memorialize the findings made at that hearing, which are
by reference made a part hereof.
The Court is satisfied that the evidence shows that Joey Amour Jackson and Lance
David Riddle were engaged in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering while
incarcerated. The ultimate purpose of the conspiracy was to impersonate law enforcement
officers over the phone to defraud victims into paying a “bond” for their supposed failure to
appear in Court. The Court finds that the total intended loss amount attributable to the
conspiracy is $402,123.67 and that the total actual loss attributable to the conspiracy is
$267,722. The Court also finds, by a preponderance of the evidence, that Defendants Joey
Amour Jackson and Lance David Riddle are each accountable for an intended loss of
$402,123.67 and an actual loss of $267,722.
Mr. Jackson and Mr. Riddle used various financial transactions and enlisted Defendants
Sardaria Copelin and Ylijira Jackson to distribute some of the conspiracy’s proceeds. The
record evidence and Ms. Copelin and Ms. Jackson’s guilty pleas show that they knew the funds
that they transferred were unlawfully obtained and that they were engaged in a conspiracy to
commit wire fraud. Ms. Copelin and Ms. Jackson were not, however, aware of the full extent
of the primary conspiracy. The record evidence does not support holding them accountable
for the full intended or actual loss of the primary conspiracy. They are instead accountable for
the funds that they actually transferred. The Court therefore finds that Ms. Jackson is
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accountable for a total loss of no more than $14,846.87 and that Ms. Copelin is accountable
for a total loss of no more than $27,771.87, as noted in the Presentence Investigation Report.
The Court defers its ruling on the amount of restitution to be ordered for each
defendant. The Court will schedule a restitution hearing for a date within ninety days of the
hearing of October 14, 2026.
SO ORDERED, this 16th day of October, 2026.
/s/ W. Louis Sands
W. LOUIS SANDS, SR. JUDGE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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