Defendant Charged with Wire Fraud in Connection with Purported Organ Transplants Pleads Guilty
Jerome Howard Feldman, Also Known as “Michael Adams,” “Dr. Mitch Michaelson,” and “Alberto Gomez,” Who Had Been Arrested in Philippines, Pleads Guilty

SYRACUSE, NY—United States Attorney, Andrew T. Baxter, today announced that Jerome Howard Feldman entered a plea of guilty today before United States District Court Judge David N. Hurd in Utica to a five count Indictment charging him with wire fraud.

On February 11, 2009, Feldman was indicted by a federal grand jury in Syracuse, New York for carrying out a scheme to defraud desperately-ill victims who paid large sums of money to Feldman and traveled to the Philippines based on false promises from Feldman that they would receive organ transplants there. In fact, Feldman had not arranged for organ transplants and kept the money from the victims, one of whom died while in the Philippines awaiting the promised liver transplant.

The investigation and arrest of Feldman was conducted by members of the DeWitt Police Department, the Syracuse Resident Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the New York State Police.

As a result of his plea of guilty to the Indictment, Feldman faces imprisonment for up to 20 years and a fine of up to $250,000 on each of the five counts. Feldman also pleaded guilty today before Judge Hurd to a federal health care fraud charge from the Middle District of Florida that occurred between 1996 and 1999.

Further questions or inquiries may be directed to Assistant United States Attorney Carla Freedman, the prosecutor handling the case, at (315) 448-0672.

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