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California Man Sentenced to Over Six Years in Prison for Credit Card-Skimming Fraud Scheme

PHILADELPHIA – Verzh Movsisyan, 43, of Glendale, CA, was sentenced to six years and three months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Paul S. Diamond for his involvement in a theft scheme using stolen debit card information.

Movsisyan pleaded guilty in June 2020 to charges of conspiracy, bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering. He and his six co-defendants were charged for their involvement in a scheme to steal money from victims’ bank accounts by making fraudulent ATM withdrawals and money order purchases in multiple states with stolen debit card numbers.

The victims’ debit card numbers were obtained by members of the scheme through illegally installed devices on gas station pumps, known as ‘skimmers’, that captured the victims’ debit card numbers and Personal Identification Numbers when they used their debit cards at gas stations to purchase gas.

The skimming devices were installed on pumps at gas stations throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. Movsisyan’s sentence requires him to pay $599,000 in restitution.

Movsisyan is the second defendant to be sentenced; one co-defendant was previously sentenced in March 2020 to over three years in prison, two co-defendants are scheduled to be sentenced in August and September 2021, and the three remaining co-defendants are scheduled for trial in September 2021.

Acting U.S. Attorney Williams said, ‘This fraud utilized nearly-undetectable technology to take advantage of victims as they went about the business of their daily lives.’ She added, ‘Being victimized in this way is an alarming violation because there is nothing a victim can do to prevent or stop it.’

FBI Special Agent in Charge Michael J. Driscoll stated, ‘Skimming is an insidious crime, with perpetrators taking advantage of people just going about their everyday business.’