HARRISBURG, PA — U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer P. Wilson sentenced Amisial Elveus, 32, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on July 11, 2023, to 24 months in prison to be followed by 12 months of supervised release for aggravated identity theft.
According to U.S. Attorney Gerard M. Karam, from July 6, 2020, until November 6, 2020, in Dauphin County, Elveus unlawfully obtained and used credit card account numbers belonging to unsuspecting individuals, used the numbers to code credit cards, and then used the credit cards to pay for gasoline fill-ups for multiple vehicles on multiple days at a Giant gas station on Union Deposit Road in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Elveus was arrested at the Giant on November 6, 2020, while in the process of filling cars with gas that he paid for with a fraudulently encoded credit card.
Judge Wilson also ordered Elveus to pay restitution in the amount of $32,227.71.
The case was investigated by the United States Secret Service and the Lower Paxton Township Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Christian T. Haugsby prosecuted the case.
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