SCRANTON, PA — United States District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner sentenced Ronald Geraldo Molina, age 37, of York, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, October 17, 2023, to 12 months imprisonment for aggravated identity theft.
According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, Molina sold counterfeit debit cards to an undercover Pennsylvania State Trooper holding account and pin information from various financial institutions encoded on the magnetic strips. Investigators determined that the account information was likely stolen from a single gas station in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In all, the scheme included 82 debit cards containing stolen identification information from consumers.
The case was investigated by the Homeland Security Investigation and the Pennsylvania State Police. Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd K. Hinkley prosecuted the case.
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