Crime & Safety

Galloway Man Sentenced to Three Years for Fraud

Eric Reilly, 34, was among a group of New Jersey residents charged in the Vacation Ownership Group conspiracy.

A Galloway man was sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay more than $3 million in restitution for conspiring to defraud owners of timeshare properties, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced Friday afternoon.

Eric Reilly, 34, previously pleaded guilty to an information charging him with one count conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. He must also serve three years of supervised release and pay $3,040,767.54 in restitution.

He was one of 10 Atlantic County residents and 11 New Jersey residents arrested in 2012 in a $2.4 million mail fraud scheme involving time share mortgages.

The other New Jersey residents were: Adam Lacerda, 28, of Egg Harbor Township; Ashley Lacerda, 32, of Egg Harbor Township; Steven Cox, 48, of Ventnor; Ian Resnick, 37, of Absecon; Ryan Bird, 34, of Clementon; Francis Santore, 52, of Northfield; Brian Corley, 27, of Egg Harbor City; Catherine Bannigan, 57, of Egg Harbor Township; Joseph Diventi, 32, of Somers Point; and Vincent Giordano, 21, of Margate.

People charged from out of state included: Alfred Giordano, 32, of South Carolina; Joseph Saxon, 38, of the Virgin Islands; Aimee Allen, 26, of South Carolina; Genevieve Manzoni, 46, of Florida; and Eric K. Reiff, 40, of Williamsburg, Virginia.

All were involved in the the Vacation Ownership (VO) Group.

Reilly began working with the VO Group in September of 2010, and was trained to contact and regularly lie to customers, stating he was calling in reference to a complaint they had filed to timeshare developers and lenders.

Reilly falsely portrayed himself as working for timeshare developer Wyndham Vacation Resorts.

Reilly told customers they could pay off their timeshares or have their timeshares canceled without their credit being damaged.

He would then provide references, who were actually VO employees posing as satisfied customers.

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Customers would then send checks to the VO Group, including one for $31,385. Reilly admitted to causing more than $70,000 in losses.


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