Photograph taken in 1989

Alias:

John A. Porcaro

Date of Birth Used:	June 16, 1959	Hair:	Brown
Place of Birth:	New York	Eyes:	Brown
Height:	5'8"	Sex:	Male
Weight:	197 pounds	Race:	White
NCIC:	W295378385	Nationality:	American
Occupation:	Moving company owner
Scars and Marks:	Porcaro has an artificial right eye; and a scar above his left eye.
Remarks:	Porcaro is an alleged associate of the Gambino crime family in New York.

John Anthony Porcaro and an associate, Gregory R. Swarn, are wanted for their alleged involvement in a South Florida telemarketing scheme which defrauded individuals out of more than five million dollars throughout the United States. Between February and December of 1998, the Trump Financial Group and the Sheffield Group were doing business as telemarketing firms which obtained money from investors for purported investment in foreign currency options in the foreign exchange markets. It is alleged that investors were promised well in excess of 100 percent returns based upon the rise and fall of the value of foreign currencies in relation to the value of the United States Dollar.

Over 400 victims throughout the United States reportedly invested amounts as high as $10,000 individually. Investors rarely, if ever, received returns on their investments. Money raised from investors was allegedly used for the personal benefit of the firms' principal employees and telemarketers who sold investments. A substantial amount of the money was transferred to offshore bank accounts in the Cayman Islands.

On October 21, 2003, a federal indictment was filed by the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, charging Porcaro, Swarn, and others who are no longer at large, with multiple counts of wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering. Federal warrants remain outstanding for the arrests of Porcaro and Swarn.

The FBI is offering rewards for information leading to the arrests of John Anthony Porcaro and Gregory R. Swarn.

IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS CASE, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL FBI OFFICE OR THE NEAREST AMERICAN EMBASSY OR CONSULATE.