New York man sentenced for possessing counterfeit credit, debit cards

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on March 2, 2017. It is reproduced in full below.

WHEELING WEST VIRGINIA - Scott Garcia, 22, of New York, was sentenced to nine months incarceration for possessing multiple counterfeit credit and debit cards, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.

Garcia possessed in excess of fifteen counterfeit devices, to wit: fraudulently produced Western Union netSpend, Mastercard debit cards, gifts cards fraudulently obtained from various retail merchants, and stolen credit card numbers. He pled guilty to one count of “Fraud Related to Access Devices" in August 2016.

Assistant U.S. Attorney David J. Perri prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The United States Secret Service and the Ohio County Sheriff’s Office investigated.

U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys