PITTSBURGH, PA - A New Jersey resident has been sentenced in federal court to 18 months on his conviction of fraud conspiracy, plus three years supervised release, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
Senior United States District Judge Joy Flowers Conti imposed the sentence on Carlo Reginald Ramirez, Jr. age 40, of Newark, New Jersey.
According to information presented to the court, Ramirez and others used false identification cards of Sprint account holders to obtain cell phones and other accessories between April 2018 and August 2019.
Prior to imposing sentence, Judge Conti stated that she recognized the seriousness of the offense and the harm to victims of identity theft.
Assistant United States Attorney Gregory C. Melucci prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.
United States Attorney Chung commended the Homeland Security Investigations and Pennsylvania State Police for the investigation leading to the successful prosecution of Ramirez.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
