March 5, 2026

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — A Utah man was sentenced to 36 months’ imprisonment by U.S. District Court Judge David Barlow for his involvement in a years-long moneymaking scheme that misled banks and deceived consumers.

Phillip Gannuscia, 55, of Salt Lake City, pleaded guilty on April 9, 2025, to conspiracy to commit money laundering. In addition to his term of imprisonment, the court ordered Gannuscia to 24 months of supervised release and the forfeiture of his Porsche 911 convertible that was traceable to the scheme.

Phillip Gannuscia, a 55-year-old Utah man, was sentenced to 36 months in prison for orchestrating a multi-year fraud scheme that used fake companies and stolen personal information to secure credit card processing accounts, which funneled payments from deceptive nutraceutical sales; despite a prior court order banning him from such activities, he laundered over $1.5 million by repeatedly setting up these accounts, directing forged documents, and evading shutdowns caused by high chargebacks, leading to his guilty plea on conspiracy to commit money laundering and forfeiture of his Porsche 911.

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