Crystal Lake Ex-Northrop Grumman Employee Matthew Smith-Meck Charged with $215,000 in Credit Card Fraud

Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems Business Development Director Matthew Smith-Meck has been indicted on a five-count indictment by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

From 2006-8, the Crystal Lake man is accused of misusing his company American Express card.to the run of about $215,250.

The Federal indictment, issued July 21st, itemized the following misuses:

  • purchasing fitness equipment
  • paying for home remodeling and landscaping
  • paying Federal taxes
  • making automobile payments.

He also is accused of asking for reimbursement for airline and business expenses that

  • had not been incurred
  • were incurred by already reimbursed
  • were incurred but overstated.

Expenses for trips to

  • London,
  • Greece,
  • Taiwan,
  • Germany and the United Arab Emirates

sent by Federal Express for reimbursement are noted in separate counts in the indictment.

Location of 40 acres in Wyoming which is identified for potential forfeiture.

In addition, Smith-Meck is cited for falsification of a Department of Defense “Electronic Questionnaires for Investigations” Form 86 that he had not been fired from a job in the previous seven years, when he knew he had been terminated by Northrop Grumman Oct. 22, 2008. The form also asked whether he had not had employer credit card problems

$215,250 in forfeiture is sought and a 40-acre property in Carbon County, Wyoming, is specifically cited.

Smith-Meck lives on Prairie Ridge Road, which is east of Route 31 between East Terra Cotta and East Crystal Lake Roads. It is in unincorporated Nunda Township.

The trial will be in Chicago.


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Crystal Lake Ex-Northrop Grumman Employee Matthew Smith-Meck Charged with $215,000 in Credit Card Fraud — 1 Comment

  1. Matthew Smith-Meck started serving his sentence for fraud charges at the Lompoc Correctional Institute in Lompoc, California on May 31, 2013.

    Matthew Smith-Meck also claims Palm Coast, Forida as his residence with a wife, Deborah Liken Smith-Meck, a school teacher at Belle Terra Elementary School in Palm Coast Florida. They have two children.

    He also maintains a consultancy office in Palm Coast.

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