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Fifteen people known as "Western Express" convicted in $5
million cybercrime ring The last member of a
US$5 million global credit-card fraud ring was sentenced
on Thursday in New York state court, ending an
eight-year investigation and prosecution. Douglas Latta,
40, was sentenced to between 22 and 44 years in state
prison. He was part of a wide-ranging scheme that stole
and sold more than 95,000 credit card numbers online as
part of a group known as the "Western Express." Latta
was one of 15 individuals, some of whom were from Russia
and Moldova, convicted. In June, 27-year-old Egor
Shevelev was found guilty of grand larceny, money
laundering and other charges. He was accused of being
one of the premier vendors of credit card data, peddling
more than 75,000 of the credit card numbers through
online forums out of his apartment in Ukraine and
garnering millions of dollars, prosecutors said. Working
with Anna Ciano, Latta used the stolen information to
forge credit cards that were used to purchase
high-ticket items such as Apple products, handbags and
video game consoles, which were then sold, prosecutors
said. Ciano, 41, was sentenced to between 19 and 47
years. (Source
networkworld.com)
77
year old Milwaukee ORC Ring Leader bound over for trial
The complaint says Hatch told police he saw between 50 and
100 people per week who sold him items in Milwaukee. He also
estimated reselling around $100,000 in stolen merchandise.
Hatch is charged with multiple counts of conspiracy to
commit retail theft and receiving stolen property for his
alleged illegal side job to supplement his Social Security.
If convicted, Hatch faces up to three-and-a-half years in
prison and $10,000 in fines. (Source
fox6now.com)
Waco, TX., habitual thief using stolen credit cards at
various Waco retailers sentenced to four concurrent
35-year prison terms Parolee, Jeffery Bryan Fyke, 37, who was charged as a habitual criminal,
pleaded guilty to four counts of abusing credit cards
owned by elderly individuals. Hewitt implicated in
dozens of burglaries of vehicles parked in area
churches, hospitals and nursing homes, as well as credit
card fraud.
(Source
wacotrib.com)
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