LOS ANGELES (AP) — The top of a bank card fraud ring that purchased greater than a half-million dollars in baggage, footwear, jewellery, and different items from luxurious shops in Southern California has been sentenced to 4 years in federal jail.
Hint Jones, 33, of Los Angeles, was sentenced Monday. He pleaded responsible in 2020 to conspiracy to commit financial institution fraud and aggravated identification theft, the U.S. lawyer’s workplace stated in an announcement.
Prosecutors stated that from 2016 to 2018, Jones and others used stolen identification info from American Specific cardholders and ordered substitute playing cards that they used to purchase items at Gucci, Barneys and different luxurious shops in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills and Costa Mesa.
Jones was described as a transient residing in Los Angeles when he was arrested in 2019, authorities stated. Along with his sentence, he was ordered to pay $521,128 in restitution to American Specific.
4 different individuals beforehand had been sentenced within the case. One man is awaiting sentencing.