Two Mexican nationals sentenced in Federal court for credit card fraud

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced that two Mexican nationals were sentenced today in federal court in Charleston, West Virginia, for credit card fraud. Marco Carrillo, 22, and Luis Vazquez, 24, both of Sonora, Mexico, were each sentenced to eight months in federal prison. Carrillo and Vazquez previously pleaded guilty in September of 2015 to federal charges of conspiring to commit credit card fraud. 

Carrillo and Vazquez traveled to Charleston from Mexico to pick up a package at Federal Express (FedEx) that contained 100 fraudulent credit cards. They intended to use the fraudulent cards to buy electronic goods and gift cards. On May 1, 2015, FedEx intercepted the suspicious package containing the fraudulent credit cards and turned the package over to law enforcement before Carrillo and Vazquez picked it up.

On May 4, 2015, agents with the United States Secret Service and Homeland Security Investigations arrested Carrillo and Vazquez when they arrived at FedEx to pick up the package. Carrillo and Vazquez were stopped by law enforcement before they could use any of the fraudulent credit cards.

The United States Secret Service and Homeland Security Investigations handled the investigation, with assistance from the Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Network Team. Assistant United States Attorney Blaire L. Malkin is in charge of the prosecution.

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