Eduardo Hernandez Quinones, et al., Credit Card Fraud, New York 2015

State: New York
Category: Fraud &#038; Financial Crimes
Source: <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdny/pr/six-cuban-citizens-indicted-credit-card-fraud" style="color:#cc0000;" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">DOJ Press Release ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Â Ã¢â‚¬â€

Six Cuban citizens have been indicted for credit card fraud in Western New York.

The indictment charges Eduardo Hernandez Quinones, 46, Yasser Carrillo Chartrand, 23, Claudia Diaz Diaz, 21, Yaily Santurio Millian, 31, Jose Valdivia Quinones, 40, and Misael Toledo Rios, 39, with fraud charges.

Hernandez, Chartrand, Santurio, and Diaz are charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud, access device fraud, and aggravated identity theft. Valdivia and Toldeo are charged with bank fraud, access device fraud, and aggravated identity theft.

The charges for all six defendants carry a mandatory minimum penalty of two years in prison, a maximum penalty of 30 years, and a fine of $1,000,000.

According to the indictment, the defendants are accused of fraudulently obtaining the actual credit/debit card numbers of people and then encoding counterfeit cards with the information illegally obtained. The defendants then used the counterfeit cards to purchase merchandise at retail stores throughout Western New York. In addition, some of the defendants used the counterfeit cards to purchase gasoline from area gas stations and then re-sold the gasoline for cash.

Four of the defendants, Hernandez, Chartrand, Santurio, and Diaz, were recently arrested in DeWitt, NY, near Syracuse, and are facing state fraud charges for similar conduct.

Eduardo Hernandez Quinones, Yasser Carrillo Chartrand, Yaily Santurio Millian, and Claudia Diaz Diaz were arraigned today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Hugh B. Scott and are being held pending a detention hearing on March 25, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. Eduardo Hernandez Quinones, Yasser Carrillo Chartrand, Jose Valdivia Quinones, and Yaily Santurio Millian were arraigned today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Hugh B. Scott and are being held pending a detention hearing on March 25, 2015 at 10:00 a.m.

Defendants Rios and Valdivia Quinones were released on conditions.

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