Man pleads guilty in $2.2M fraud scheme in Jacksonville

A northeast Florida man has pleaded guilty to defrauding two shipping businesses out of nearly $2.2 million dollars.U.S. Attorney A. Lee Bentley III said Friday that 58-year-old Andrew A. Rooks of Jacksonville faces a maximum of 20 years in prison for each of two counts of mail and wire fraud.Bentley says Rooks was assistant vice president of operations for Sea Star Line, LLC, a cargo shipping company operating out of the Port of Jacksonville.Prosecutors say Rooks authorized phony invoices for c