Maryland man pleads guilty to using counterfeit credit cards at retail outlets
A 33-year-old Maryland man leaded guilty last week in federal court to conspiracy to commit credit card fraud, using or attempting to use a fraudulent credit card, possession of 15 or more counterfeit or unauthorized credit cards and possession of credit-device-making equipment.
U.S. Attorney for Maine Halsey B. Frank in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine said that according to court records, from at least July 31, 2018, Brian Boley conspired with others to use counterfeit credit cards at Maine retail outlets. He bought the credit cards numbers online. A search of Boley's hotel room in January led to the seizure of several dozen plastic cards, 47 of which had been fraudulently re-encoded, about 25 receipts showing purchases of gift cards and other items, as well as a credit card reader/writer, among other items.
Boley was arrested after checking out of his hotel room in the early hours of Jan. 23, 2019. He had an additional 19 cards with him, 17 of which had been re-encoded with credit card numbers that did not belong to him.
Boley faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine on the conspiracy charge, up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine on the counterfeit credit card charges and up to 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine on the charge of possession of a credit-device-making equipment. He also faces up to three years of supervised release.
He will be sentenced after a pre-sentence investigation report is completed by the U.S. Probation Office.
The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Secret Service, the Maine State Police and the Auburn, Brunswick, Cape Elizabeth and Yarmouth police departments.
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