Anna Niles

Case 2:20-cr-00002-DLC Document 2 Filed 01/22/20 Page 1 of 5
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RYAN G. WELDON
JAN 2 2 2020
Assistant U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney's Office Clerk, U.S. District Court
D1stnct Of Montana
P.O. Box 8329 Missoula
Missoula, MT 59807
105 E. Pine, 2nd Floor
Missoula, MT 59802
Phone: (406) 542-8851
FAX: (406) 542-1476
E-mail: [email protected]
ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA
BUTTE DIVISION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CR20- ~ -BU- t)L C--,
, Plaintiff, INDICTMENT
vs. WIRE FRAUD

(Counts I-XV)
Title 18 U.S.C. § 1343
ANNA MICHELLE NILES,
(Penalty: 20 years imprisonment, $250,000
fine, and three years of supervised release)
Defendant.
THE GRAND JURY CHARGES:
INTRODUCTION
At all times relevant to this indictment:
The defendant, ANNA MICHELLE NILES, performed bookkeeping and
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accounting services for Cresent Cross, LLP, Clair W. Daines, Inc., Genesis
Partners, LLC, Bitterroot Turf Farm, Inc., and other related business entities.
While performing those services, the defendant, ANNA MICHELLE NILES,
embezzled from those business entities by diverting funds through checks, stealing
cash, claiming leave she was not entitled to obtain, receiving unauthorized 401(k)
loan payments, and using business credit cards on personal expenses, none of
which was authorized. The investigation has shown that the defendant, ANNA
MICHELLE NILES, embezzled approximately $433,018.80 from the above
business entities.
COUNTS I-XV - WIRE FRAUD
That in or about 2009, and continuing thereafter until in or about 2018, at
Bozeman, in Gallatin County, in the State and District of Montana, and elsewhere,
the defendant, ANNA MICHELLE NILES, having devised and intending to devise
a material scheme and artifice to defraud, and for obtaining money and property by
means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises, for the
purpose of executing such scheme and artifice, knowingly transmitted and caused
to be transmitted by means of wire communication, in interstate and foreign
commerce, writings, signs, signals, pictures, and sounds for the purpose of
executing such scheme and artifice.
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MANNER AND MEANS
The defendant, ANNA MICHELLE NILES, used her status as a long-time
trusted employee with multiple companies to gain access to the companies' books,
funds, and ultimately defrauded them.
The defendant, ANNA MICHELLE NILES, intercepted and stole cash rental
payments from Cresent Cross, LLP. To conceal the stolen funds, the defendant,
ANNA MICHELLE NILES, wrote and obtained checks made payable from other
company accounts to Cresent Cross, LLP. The defendant, ANNA MICHELLE
NILES, led the other companies to believe they owed money to Cresent Cross,
LLP, when in truth and in fact, no such business debts were owed. This scheme
allowed the defendant, ANNA MICHELLE NILES, to cover her stealing of the
cash deposits from Cresent Cross, LLP, because it did not appear as if Cresent
Cross, LLP, lost as much revenue.
The defendant, ANNA MICHELLE NILES, used her access to payroll
systems to secure unearned pay to herself and use funds to repay loans she owed to
her 401 (k). The defendant, ANNA MICHELLE NILES, therefore received
unauthorized and excessive leave pay and unauthorized and unapproved 401(k)
loan payments.
The defendant, ANNA MICHELLE NILES, used company credit cards and
credit accounts to purchase personal items at Story Distributing, Murdocks, and
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Staples, none of which was authorized.
As a result, the defendant, ANNA MICHELLE NILES, embezzled and stole
approximately $433,018.80 from Cresent Cross, LLP, Clair W. Daines, Inc.,
Genesis Partners, LLC, and Bitterroot Turf Farm, Inc.
THE INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN WIRE COMMUNICATIONS
During the period of the indictment, it was part of the scheme and artifice to
defraud that the defendant, ANNA MICHELLE NILES, having devised and
intending to devise a material scheme and artifice to defraud, and for obtaining
money and property by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations,
and promises, as described herein, and for the purpose of executing the scheme to
defraud, knowingly transmitted and caused to be transmitted by means of wire
communication in interstate and foreign commerce, writings, signs, signals,
pictures, and sounds for the purpose of executing such scheme and artifice, that is,
checks as identified in the table below, which travelled to and from Bozeman, in
Gallatin County, in the State and District of Montana, and elsewhere, to and from
Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the District of Minnesota, and elsewhere, all in
violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343.
Count Date Company Check Amount

Number
I 3/16/15 Clair W. Daines, Inc. 57198 $8,515.00
II 8/10/15 Clair W. Daines, Inc. 57469 $8,750.00
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Count Date Company Check Amount

Number
III 9/1/15 Clair W. Daines, Inc. 57625 $8,834.00
IV 10/01/15 Clair W. Daines, Inc. 57870 $4,845.00
V 4/21/16 Clair W. Daines, Inc. 58494 $1 ,575 .00
VI 4/27/16 Clair W. Daines, Inc. 58493 $7,225.00
VII 6/27/ 16 Clair W. Daines, Inc. 58491 $8,435.00
VIII 8/24/16 Clair W. Daines, Inc. 58687 $9,290.00
IX 12/22/16 Clair W. Daines, Inc. 59118 $9,200.00
X 1/19/17 Clair W. Daines, Inc. 59312 $62.44
XI 3/1/17 Genesis Partners, LLC 2263 $1,025.00
XII 8/11/17 Bitterroot Turf Farms, Inc. 12525 $1,125.00
XIII 8/30/17 Genesis Partners, LLC 2394 $2,100.00
XIV 10/3/17 Bitterroot Turf Farms, Inc. 12591 $2,100.00
xv 10/3/ 17 Clair W. Daines, Inc. 59856 $3,700.00
A TRUE BILL.
Foreperson signature redacted. Original document filed under seal.
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United States Attorney
Criminal Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney
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Case 2:20-cr-00002-DLC Document 2 Filed 01/22/20 Page 1 of 5

ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CR20- ~ -BU- t)L C--,

vs. WIRE FRAUD

THE GRAND JURY CHARGES:

At all times relevant to this indictment:

The defendant, ANNA MICHELLE NILES, performed bookkeeping and

While performing those services, the defendant, ANNA MICHELLE NILES,

MICHELLE NILES, embezzled approximately $433,018.80 from the above

COUNTS I-XV - WIRE FRAUD

That in or about 2009, and continuing thereafter until in or about 2018, at

to be transmitted by means of wire communication, in interstate and foreign

executing such scheme and artifice.

MANNER AND MEANS

The defendant, ANNA MICHELLE NILES, used her status as a long-time

funds, and ultimately defrauded them.

company accounts to Cresent Cross, LLP. The defendant, ANNA MICHELLE

Cross, LLP, lost as much revenue.

The defendant, ANNA MICHELLE NILES, used her access to payroll

credit accounts to purchase personal items at Story Distributing, Murdocks, and

Staples, none of which was authorized.

As a result, the defendant, ANNA MICHELLE NILES, embezzled and stole

approximately $433,018.80 from Cresent Cross, LLP, Clair W. Daines, Inc.,

Genesis Partners, LLC, and Bitterroot Turf Farm, Inc.

THE INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN WIRE COMMUNICATIONS

money and property by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations,

defraud, knowingly transmitted and caused to be transmitted by means of wire

communication in interstate and foreign commerce, writings, signs, signals,

Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the District of Minnesota, and elsewhere, all in

violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343.

Count Date Company Check Amount

Count Date Company Check Amount

Criminal Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney

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