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Defendant Charged with Credit Card ID Theft
Miami, FL – Juan Javier Càrdenas, a 45-year-old man, has been charged with credit card ID theft. According to the Secretario de Justicia Auxiliar Lanny A. Breuer, Càrdenas has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to traffic and possess unauthorized credit card numbers with the intent to defraud and a charge of trafficking in unauthorized credit card numbers.
Between February 2008 and May 2009, Càrdenas purchased stolen credit card information from an unknown co-conspirator over the internet. He then resold the information to third parties who used it to make fraudulent purchases with the credit cards.
On May 27, 2009, agents from the U.S. Service Secreto de EE.UU. executed a search warrant at Càrdenas’ residence, where they found 26,669 credit card numbers stored on his computer.
Càrdenas faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison on the conspiracy charge and 10 years in prison on the charge of trafficking in unauthorized credit card numbers. He also faces fines and supervised release for both charges, as well as the confiscation of any property or gains derived from his criminal activities.
The case is being prosecuted by Fiscal Federal Auxiliar Marc Osborne of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida and the Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph E. Springsteen of the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section of the Criminal Division. The case is being investigated by the U.S. Service Secreto de EE.UU.
Càrdenas is scheduled to be sentenced on November 18, 2010. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida and the U.S. Service Secreto de EE.UU. have worked together to bring Càrdenas to justice.
Key Facts
- State: Florida
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes|Cybercrime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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