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In a brazen cash card scam, Ohio man Sean Langston, 33, was caught on CCTV footage buying gift cards with cloned instruments in Jackson.
Langston and his co-defendant, John Carleton Johnson, were pulled over in Rankin County on April 28, 2024, and found with 322 gift cards, 17 reencoded instruments, and two magstripe encoding devices.
A federal grand jury indicted Langston and Johnson in February 2025, and Langston pleaded guilty in December 2025 to possessing device-making equipment with intent to defraud.
Luckily, investigators with the Cyber Fraud Task Force were hot on their trail, helped by the Mississippi Highway Patrol and the Flowood Police Department.
Assistant US Attorney Kimberly T. Purdie led the prosecution, which was announced by US Attorney Baxter Kruger and other officials.
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📋 Key Facts
- Crime: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Defendant: Mississippi
- Location: MS
- Source: DOJ Press Release
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