MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that JAMES RODNEY SIMS, age 27, of Douglasville, Georgia, was sentenced to 2 years of probation for POSSESSION OF FIFTEEN OR MORE COUNTERFEIT ACCESS DEVICES, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1029(a)(3) and 2.
The Indictment alleged that on or about April 24, 2015, within the Eastern District of Oklahoma, the defendant knowingly possessed fifteen (15) or more access devices, which were counterfeit or unauthorized access devices, with said activity affecting interstate commerce.
The charges arose from an investigation by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and the United States Secret Service.
The Honorable Ronald A. White, District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Muskogee, presided over the hearing.
Assistant United States Attorney Melody Nelson represented the United States.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
