How he did itĪccording to documents filed in support of the plea agreement, Guzman's scheme worked like this:Īfter setting up the Second Life Equipment shell company, Guzman requested access to Company B's online auction sales portal. He used the name of "Eric Dixon" throughout the transactions and laundered the money through John Brown Acquisitions, a company Guzman set up.
Guzman then represented to Company B that the assets were owned by two shell companies he set up - Second Life Equipment and All Seasons Sales and Service - when they were actually Sunbelt's assets. The release states that from June 2019 until May 2020, Guzman arranged for 398 company assets to be auctioned off through an online heavy construction equipment auction house, identified as Company B in the release and plea documents. The charges against Michael Guzman, 43, were detailed in a release issued by the United States Attorney's Office Western District of North Carolina and court documents.Īccording to the release, Guzman was a fleet operations manager for his employer, identified in the release as Company A, but identified as Sunbelt Rentals in documents filed in a civil suit Sunbelt brought against Guzman shortly after detection of the theft. A North Carolina man has pleaded guilty to federal charges of defrauding his former employer of more than $4 million, selling off company equipment through shadow companies and pocketing the money.
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