Myrtle Beach man sentenced for bank fraud, identity theft

A Myrtle Beach man was sentenced in federal court for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney W. Walter Wilkins said today. Abdurrahman Cetin, 43, was sentenced to seven years in prison, to be followed by five years on supervised release, Wilkins said. Cetin was also ordered to pay $40,246.53 in restitution. Evidence presented at trial showed that Cetin collected the personal and financial information of customers at a Toyota dealer in Long Island, NY, while working there as a salesman in 1999, Wilkins said. Cetin saved the information and when he moved to Myrtle Beach, he used the information to open five bank accounts and obtained lines of credit at two Myrtle Beach banks, Wilkins said. Posted in: Account Takeover Identity Theft