United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner
Eastern District of California
Bay Area Man Admits To Conspiring To Commit Access Device Fraud
| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | CONTACT: Lauren Horwood |
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June 28, 2011 |
PHONE: (916) 554-2706 |
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www.usdoj.gov/usao/cae |
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Docket #: 2:10-cr-361 LKK |
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that James Brown, 22, of Oakley, entered a guilty plea to charges that he conspired to commit access device fraud.
According to court documents in the case, Brown and others engaged in a scheme to steal credit card numbers, convert them into debit cards, and take out the cash. Brown and others perpetrated the scheme throughout the Bay Area, Sacramento, Phoenix, Portland, and Seattle, with a total loss of $595,000. Brown will be sentenced by Senior United States Judge Lawrence K. Karlton on September 17, 2011.
This case is the product of an extensive investigation by the United States Secret Service. Assistant United States Attorney Carolyn K. Delaney prosecuted the case.####
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