N.Y. man gets sentence for credit card fraud

PROVIDENCE – A 27-year-old New York man was sentenced to 1½ years in federal prison last month for getting caught with 139 fraudulent credit cards.
Joshua Cutchin, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was sentenced on July 23 by U.S. District Court chief judge William E. Smith who also ordered he serve two years supervised release upon completion of his prison term. Cutchin was also ordered to pay restitution totaling $3,910.
The sentencing comes after Cutchin pleaded guilty in April to the charges of conspiracy to possess counterfeit credit cards and possession of counterfeit credit cards, according to a court press release.
The charges stemmed from a traffic violation in December when Rhode Island State Police stopped 22-year-old Jibri Eady, of Brooklyn, N.Y., for speeding. He and Cutchin were traveling north on Route 95, according to the court.
Police allege Eady had a suspended New York driver’s license and was taken into custody. While searching the car, state police found 139 fake credit cards and a sheet of fake MasterCard hologram stickers resembling the real symbols placed on the back of MasterCard credit cards.
Investigators say the fraudulent cards were used for “several purchases” drawn from at least six separate financial institutions.
Eady also pleaded guilty to a separate but identical set of charges and is scheduled for sentencing on Oct. 9, according to the court.

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