Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
A Santa Fe man will spend three years and four months behind bars for his role in what a judge described as an “ongoing crime wave of identity theft and fraud.” Johnny Moreno, 41, on Tuesday pleaded guilty to 14 counts stemming from a scheme to steal credit cards from mailboxes, buy electronics and sell or trade the merchandise. Moreno is one of five people charged in connection with the racket cracked open by sheriff’s office investigators last spring after a woman tried to cash counterfeit checks at Buffalo Thunder Casino & Resort using what prosecutors say was a purloined driver’s license. Authorities said the woman and an accomplice were caught with a vehicle that had been reported stolen and contained various credit cards, checks, letters, driver’s licenses as well as a Social Security card. Their arrest led to a search of the home of another alleged co-conspirator, who is scheduled to take a plea deal Wednesday. Moreno was arrested after employees at the Target store on Zafarano Drive reported to law enforcement that he used three different credit cards to buy high-dollar electronics at the store on various occasions during the course of a few weeks. Moreno and a […]
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