St. Louis, MO - Alfred L. Ford, Jr., 30, of Norristown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 54 months in prison for conspiracy to commit access device fraud, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. Ford appeared before U.S. District Court Judge Ronnie White who ordered him to pay $24,639.32 in restitution.
According to court records, between May 27, 2017, and continuing until at least Jan. 27, 2018, Ford and others stole and obtained without authorization credit and debit cards of individual patrons at the Landmark Plaza Frontenac Cinema in St. Louis, Missouri. Ford and his co-conspirators then used the stolen credit and debit cards, without permission of the true account holders, to make purchases at various Walmart stores within the Eastern District of Missouri. The total loss amount from the conspiracy to commit access device fraud is $36,514.57.
Ford pled guilty in January of 2019 and co-defendant Zakia Johnson is awaiting trial.
This case was investigated by the U.S. Secret Service. Assistant United States Attorney Kyle T. Bateman is handling the case for the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
