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Georgia Man Sentenced for Credit Card Scheme
BOISE – Kyandre Banks, 27, of Lilburn, Georgia, was sentenced to 60 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
Banks pleaded guilty on February 18, 2016, and was ordered to pay $22,679.54 in restitution along with the other co-defendants, and to forfeit $49,953.41 in cash proceeds from the offense.
According to court proceedings, Banks admitted traveling to the District of Idaho in October 2014, along with his co-defendants, for the purpose of making fraudulent purchases of gift cards and prepaid debit cards from retail stores, using stolen credit card numbers encoded onto stock debit cards.
Banks made 11 purchases of gift cards, pre-paid debit cards and personal toiletries, using six different credit card numbers that he was not authorized to use.
Officers recovered the defendant’s suitcase and backpack which contained a total of 27 gift cards.
Co-defendant Rakeen Anderson was sentenced on September 30, 2015, to 18 months in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, while co-defendant Jean Estinville received 46 months in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
The case was investigated by the United States Secret Service and the Boise Police.
Banks’ sentence marks the ninth defendant from Georgia to be sentenced in the credit card scheme.
Key Facts
- State: Idaho
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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