Federal jury convicts Poquoson man of telemarketing fraud conspiracy

NORFOLK, Va. - A federal jury convicted a Poquoson man today on charges of mail fraud, conspiracy to commit mail fraud, money laundering, unlawful monetary transactions, and obtaining information under false pretenses.

According to court records and evidence presented at trial, Barry Glenn Augustinsky, 55, owned various telecommunications companies that facilitated voice over internet protocol (VoIP) telephone calls. From 2018 through at least 2023, Augustinsky and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of One Ten Communications, a call center in Karachi, Pakistan, engaged in a conspiracy in which representatives of OneTen used Augustinsky's VoIP services to make millions of voice calls to people in the United States.

During those calls, representatives of OneTen made false and fraudulent representations, including telling victims that their credit card debt would be reduced or eliminated if they sent payments to companies controlled by Augustinsky. Callers also represented that they were agents of various legitimate debt relief companies even though OneTen had no affiliation with those companies.

Relying on these false representations, victims from across the United States sent hundreds of personal checks to post office boxes in Portsmouth and Poquoson, which Augustinsky collected and deposited. He kept 30 percent of the proceeds from each check received for himself, took an additional cut from the funds as payment for OneTen's use of his VoIP service, and from time to time sent funds back to OneTen in Pakistan via wire transfer.

Augustinsky knew that OneTen representatives were making false representations, that calls made by OneTen were spoofing caller identification information, and that many of the people receiving calls and sending checks were elderly. Augustinsky also made false statements to a credit report company-claiming that he needed credit reports for "construction loan funding"-so that he could provide access to his overseas co-conspirator, who wanted access to the records to further the scheme and ultimately obtained over three hundred credit reports without authorization.

Augustinsky faces up to 20 years in prison when sentenced on November 5, 2026. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service Washington Division, the FBI's Norfolk Field Office, and the IRS Criminal Investigation Washington, D.C., Field Office investigated this case.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Anthony C. Mozzi and Kristen S. Taylor are prosecuting the case.

A copy of this press release is located on the website of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Related court documents and information are located on the website of the District CourtLinks to other government and non-government sites will typically appear with the "external link" icon to indicate that you are leaving the Department of Justice website when you click the link. for the Eastern District of Virginia or on PACERLinks to other government and non-government sites will typically appear with the "external link" icon to indicate that you are leaving the Department of Justice website when you click the link. by searching for Case No. 2:25-cr-97.