Five Florida residents indicted on fraud charges involving gas station skimmers |
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U.S. Attorney’s Office
Northern District of West Virginia
8 December 2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Four people from Florida are scheduled to appear next week in court after being indicted by a federal grand jury in Wheeling on December 5, 2017, on fraud charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
Each is charged with one count of “Conspiracy to Commit Access Device Fraud,” and several other fraud-related charges. They are accused of a conspiracy spanning four states that involved using skimming devices at gas pumps, using technology to upload the account information, and creating fraudulent cards with said accounts to make unauthorized transactions at different businesses in West Virginia and elsewhere. Those appearing in court and named in the indictment are:
Meylan Montalvo Gomez, of Hialeah, Florida, age 27 Yarai Fuentes Quinones, of Hialeah, Florida, age 26 Naudi Reyes Fernandez, of Miami, Florida, age 36 Yosan Pons Sosa, of Miami, Florida, age 28
approximately $41,140.00 in United States Currency approximately $28,498.00 worth of Western Union money orders approximately $10,300.00 worth of MoneyGram money orders approximately $29,350.00 in funds previously contained on approximately sixty (60) gift cards seized in Huntington, West Virginia on or about October 23, 2017 approximately $1,510.73 remaining in TD Bank Account