Robert Lourenco, Credit Card Fraud, New Jersey 2024

Camden, NJ Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Credit Card Fraud

A New York man was sentenced to 60 months in prison for spending hundreds of thousands of dollars using credit cards he fraudulently opened using the identities of others.

Robert Lourenco, 52, of Queens, New York, previously pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Joseph H. Rodriguez to one count of an indictment charging him with access device fraud.

This case began in 2015 when Lourenco opened 23 credit cards using the identities of three victims he had befriended, two of whom were senior citizens. Lourenco’s victims did not know he was using their identities to obtain the credit cards, nor did they authorize Lourenco to obtain the credit cards.

Lourenco used the 23 credit cards to make more than $423,000 in unauthorized purchases. He also used the debit card for a joint bank account belonging to two of the victims to make an additional $57,000 in unauthorized charges.

During sentencing, it was revealed that Lourenco admitted to using the victim’s identity to commit the crime, knowing one of the victims was a vulnerable victim.

In addition to the prison term, Judge Rodriguez sentenced Lourenco to three years of supervised release and ordered him to pay $36,849 in restitution.

The case was investigated by special agents of the FBI’s Atlantic City Resident Agency, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge James E. Dennehy in Newark, and the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office.

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