Atlanta men sentenced for credit card fraud

Four Atlanta men, including two illegal aliens, were sentenced Wednesday for their roles in a credit card fraud schemes involving retailers in Atlanta's most popular malls. Carlton J. Maxey, 40, Lee Sterling Brockwell, 32, Aghedo Pius Iyamu, 43, and James O. Omotosho, 39, were all part of the schemes. Omotosho and Iyamu, acting independently of each other, obtained pre-approved credit card applications that had been stolen from the mail. They also obtained the legitimate dates of birth and social security numbers of the persons to whom the stolen credit card applications were sent. They then submitted the pre-approved credit card applications with identity theft victims' names and legitimate dates of birth and social security numbers, but with mailing addresses changed to addresses they controlled, to American Express, Chase Bank, Bank of America, Capitol One and other credit card companies. The credit card companies would then issue credit cards based on the fraudulent applications and mail them to the addresses that Omotosho and Iyamu put on the applications. Posted in: Credit Card Fraud