BUFFALO — A 24-year-old citizen of Cuba was sentenced on Thursday to 12 months in prison following a conviction of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The defendant was also ordered to pay full restitution in the amount of $13,785.29 to various financial institutions.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Russell T. Ippolito, Jr., who handled the case, stated that Yasser Carrillo Chartrand is one of six defendants arrested in a credit card scheme. Eduardo Hernandez Quinones, Claudia Diaz Diaz, Yaily Santurio Milian, Jose Valdivia Quinones and Misael Toledo Rios have all been convicted and sentenced for their involvement in the scheme.
The six defendants conspired to obtain the credit/debit card numbers of actual people and then encoded counterfeit cards with the information. The defendants then used the counterfeit cards to purchase merchandise at retail stores including a Tops Market in Amherst, and a CVS Pharmacy in Buffalo, as well as gas stations throughout Western New York. The gasoline that was purchased with counterfeit credit cards was re-sold for cash.
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