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Syracuse Man Charged with Credit-Card Cloning Scheme
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – A Syracuse man has been detained without bail following a hearing in federal court in connection with an indictment charging him with participating in a credit-card cloning scheme.
Deonte Spencer, 35, of Syracuse, New York, was taken into custody on allegations that he and his co-conspirators purchased stolen credit card numbers belonging to numerous victims and fabricated cloned credit cards.
The indictment alleges that Spencer and his co-conspirators used cloned credit cards to purchase tens of thousands of dollars of merchandise and prepaid gift cards from 2015 through 2016 in Syracuse, New York, and North Carolina.
Spencer was charged with one count of wire-fraud conspiracy, one count of access-device fraud, and one count of aggravated identity theft. The charges filed against Spencer carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for the wire-fraud charge, 15 years in prison for the access-device fraud charge, and a two-year mandatory minimum sentence for the aggravated identity theft charge.
A jury trial is scheduled for July 24, 2017, before Senior United States District Court Judge Frederick J. Scullin, Jr. The charges in the indictment are merely accusations, with the defendant being presumed innocent until proven guilty.
The case is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the United States Postal Inspection Service, the Syracuse Police Department – Gang Violence Task Force, the New York State Police, and the Town of Dewitt Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicolas Commandeur is prosecuting the case.
Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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