BOISE Michigan residents Devin Arthur Searcy, 23, and Juwuan Demilo Gordon, 27, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, Acting U.S. Attorney Rafael Gonzalez announced. Searcy pleaded guilty today and Gordon pleaded guilty on April 24. They were indicted by a federal grand jury in Boise in February 2017.
According to court proceedings, Searcy and Gordon traveled to Idaho and other districts to make fraudulent purchases from retail stores using stolen credit card numbers. They traveled to Idaho on January 6 and 10, 2017, for the purpose of executing the scheme to defraud. Prior to traveling to the different districts, Searcy and Gordon obtained counterfeit credit and debit cards embossed with their names and stolen credit card numbers in Michigan. They traveled to at least seven retail stores in Idaho and made at least ten fraudulent purchases. On Jan. 11, 2017, law enforcement officers contacted Searcy and Gordon near the Boise Airport and arrested them. Officers recovered approximately 105 gift cards and prepaid debit cards purchased by the defendants. Gordon and Searcy made additional fraudulent purchases in Colorado, Utah, and Oklahoma.
The charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud is punishable by up to 20 years in prison, a maximum fine of $250,000, and up to 3 years of supervised release.
Sentencing for Searcy is set for July 26, 2017, and sentencing for Gordon is set for July 27, 2017. Both sentencings are before Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill at the federal courthouse in Boise.
The case was investigated by the Boise Police Department and the U.S. Secret Service.
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Source: U.S. Secret Service