Financial Fraud: Group Of 21 Individuals Charged In Multimillion Dollar Debit Card Fraud Scheme

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Group Of 21 Individuals Charged In Multimillion Dollar Debit Card Fraud Scheme

<h2>Twenty-One Defendants Charged In Multimillion Dollar International Counterfeit Credit And Debit Card Fraud Scheme<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p><b>LAS VEGAS&comma; Nev&period;<&sol;b> – Twenty-one individuals were charged in an indictment for their alleged roles and participation in an international multimillion dollar scheme to steal credit and debit card account information&comma; manufacture counterfeit credit and debit cards&comma; identity theft&comma; and money laundering&period; The charges are the result of a ten-month investigation by local&comma; state&comma; and federal law enforcement and the Department of State&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>United States Attorney Daniel G&period; Bogden of the District of Nevada&semi; Special Agent in Charge Aaron C&period; Rouse of the FBI’s Las Vegas Division&semi; and Special Agent in Charge Michael Bishop of the Diplomatic Security Service’s Los Angeles Field Office&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The sophisticated multimillion dollar fraud scheme occurred in Las Vegas&comma; multiple other states&comma; and crossed international borders&comma;” said U&period;S&period; Attorney Bogden&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;These charges are another successful example of our commitment to working together with local&comma; state&comma; and federal law enforcement partners in the pursuit and prosecution of perpetrators who commit credit card fraud&comma; identity theft&comma; and money laundering&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;These indictments demonstrate the unified commitment of law enforcement to stop those who target our community through the theft of our personal and <a class&equals;"wpil&lowbar;keyword&lowbar;link" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;fraudswatch&period;com&sol;tag&sol;financial-fraud&sol;" title&equals;"financial" data-wpil-keyword-link&equals;"linked" data-wpil-monitor-id&equals;"717">financial<&sol;a> data&period; Those who commit such acts should take notice that you will be caught&comma;” said SAC Rouse of the FBI’s Las Vegas Division&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Diplomatic Security Service is firmly committed to working with the U&period;S&period; Department of Justice and our local law enforcement partners in Nevada to investigate and prosecute all allegations of criminal activity related to passport and visa fraud&comma;” said SAC Bishop of the U&period;S&period; Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service Los Angeles Field Office&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The strong relationship we enjoy with our federal and local law enforcement partners is vital towards ensuring the integrity of U&period;S&period; travel documents and protecting greater U&period;S&period; interests&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the allegations in the 47-count indictment&comma; from at least Jan&period; 1&comma; 2013&comma; to about Dec&period; 9&comma; 2016&comma; the defendants conspired to commit credit and debit card fraud by using &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;skimmers” placed on automatic teller machines &lpar;ATM&rpar;&comma; cash-out transaction ticket dispensing terminals&comma; such as Global Cash Advance &lpar;GCA&rpar;&comma; and other means to obtain stolen account information&period; They set-up credit card forgery &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;laboratories” in residences and hotel rooms to manufacture counterfeit credit and debit cards&period; Equipment in the laboratories included counterfeit card production systems&comma; thermal dye printers&comma; foil tipping machines&comma; card embossers&comma; and card scanners and encoders&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is further alleged that the defendants possessed and used the counterfeit credit and debit cards at hotel-casinos&comma; high-end luxury watch&comma; jewelry&comma; and fashion boutiques&comma; electronic retailers&comma; and ATMs throughout Las Vegas&comma; Nevada and in other cities and counties around the country&comma; including&colon; Del Mar&comma; California&comma; Detroit&comma; Michigan&comma; New Orleans&comma; Louisiana&comma; Nassau County&comma; New York&comma; Biloxi&comma; Mississippi&comma; and Atlantic City&comma; New Jersey&period; They obtained GCA cash advances at casinos&comma; and purchased expensive merchandise&comma; including Rolex watches&comma; ladies’ purses and handbags&comma; and clothing&period; The purchases would be resold on the black market or online marketplaces&period; The approximate total loss is over<a> &dollar;3&period;5 million in fraudulent retail purchases and cash <&sol;a>advances and withdrawals at hotel-casino properties and other businesses&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In addition&comma; the defendants allegedly possessed and used personal identification of other individuals&period; The defendants allegedly conspired to commit money laundering and made deposits into bank accounts with money obtained through the fraudulent credit and debit card scheme&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The indictment charges the defendants with conspiracy to commit fraud and related activity in connection with access devices&semi; producing&comma; using or trafficking in a counterfeit access device&semi; using or trafficking in an unauthorized access device&semi; possession of 15 or more counterfeit or unauthorized access devices&semi; possession of access device-making equipment&semi; aggravated identity theft&semi; possession of counterfeit Visa&comma; permit or other document&semi; conspiracy to commit money laundering&semi; and money laundering&period; The indictment charges the following 21 defendants&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>Lucas Coehlo Paiva Rego&comma; 25<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Fausto Teixeira Martins Neto&comma; 36<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Andre Araujo Rodrigues&comma; 33<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Anderson Clayton Mariano Alcantara&comma; 26<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Carlos Rodrigo Dos Santos Braga&comma; 36<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Bruno Macedo Correia&comma; 26<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Pedro Igor Alves Barbosa&comma; 21<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Vitor Domingues Valentini Dos Reis&comma; 25<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Bruno Dos Santos&comma; 31<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Amysterdan Barbosa Da Silva&comma; 34<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Alexander Lima De Souza&comma; 38<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Francisco Rui De Alencar Mendes Filo&comma; 26<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Davi Dias Fernandes&comma; 26<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Shiro Noburo Naruse&comma; 24<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Hugo Belmino Garces&comma; 27<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Lorenzo Ramon Sala Moura&comma; 39<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Marcelo Araujo&comma; 34<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Henrique Ortolani De Souza Vila Real&comma; 31<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Leonardo Augusto Oliveira Santos&comma; 33<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Rogerio Belarmino Da Silva&comma; 31<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Felipe Augusto Vecale Martins&comma; 38<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>If convicted&comma; the defendants face a maximum statutory penalty of 20 years in prison&period; In addition&comma; they face fines in the amount of &dollar;250&comma;000&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>These charges are the result of cooperative&comma; investigative efforts by the FBI&comma; Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service&comma; Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department&comma; and Henderson Police Department&period; The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U&period;S&period; Attorney Patrick Burns&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>An indictment is not evidence of guilt&period; All defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;justice&period;gov&sol;usao-nv&sol;pr&sol;twenty-one-defendants-charged-multimillion-dollar-international-counterfeit-credit-and">Original PressReleases&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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