Four New York Men Sentenced to Prison for Identity Theft Scheme

6.3.22 - BOISE – Four New York men were sentenced to federal prison for an identity theft scheme designed to obtain iPhones on Sprint customer accounts.

According to statements made in court, Winston Torres, 44, Edgar Rodriguez, 36, Andres Rodriguez, 59, and Kenneth DeJesus, 25, all of New York, conspired to commit wire fraud and identity theft by obtaining personal identification of real Sprint customers, and using such personal identification to obtain merchandise at Sprint stores, primarily iPhones, on the accounts of real Sprint customers. To execute their fraud scheme, the four defendants obtained multiple false identification cards displaying the photographs of the four defendants, but with the personal identifying information of real Sprint customers.

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