Access Device Fraud Charged
Shantashi Cooper, 36, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged today by Indictment with one count of access device fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. The indictment alleges that Cooper, a former employee of T-Mobile, used approximately 47 different credit card accounts belonging to T-Mobile customers to make approximately $8,382.15 worth of payments on her own T-Mobile account. The indictment further alleges that Cooper used the credit card account number of S.W. without S.W.’s authorization to commit access device fraud.
If convicted the defendant faces a minimum mandatory sentence of two years with a maximum possible sentence of 17 years in prison, three years supervised release, a fine of up to $500,000, and a $200 special assessment.
The case was investigated by the United States Secret Service and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Mark B. Dubnoff.
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