April 18, 2007

NEWS: Fraud Scammer Convicted, Sentenced

US Law Newswire picked up the story that convicted fraudster and identity thief Dwight Moss had been sentenced. Moss, who was nabbed as part of a cooperative effort between the Secret Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (as well as local forces in southern Florida), was convicted earlier this year of counts of credit card fraud, three counts of aggravated identity theft, and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. United States District Judge Ursula Ungaro-Benages sentenced Dwight Moss to 222 months – over eighteen years - in prison, followed up with a three year term of supervised release probation. Moss was also ordered to pay $255,445.61 in restitution to the victims of his fraudulent activities, which number over fifty.

Case records indicate that Moss was mostly involved in fraudulently accessing his victims’ credit by means of credit card fraud. He not only applied illicitly for accounts in others’ names, but also schemed to add himself as an authorized user to victims’ existing credit card accounts. Moss tended to favor retail store cards, according to authorities – his accumulation of plastic included cards from numerous merchants, including Home Depot, Sears, Dillard’s, Lowe’s, Sam’s Club, and JC Penney. The SS, FBI, and ATF worked together to gather evidence for the case, which included store surveillance video footage of Moss making fraudulent purchases on the ill-gotten cards, receipts that corroborated the transactions, and a ledger book that Moss allegedly kept, marinating the personal details of many of his victims.

Furthermore, a search of Moss’ place of residence turned up a gun, ammunition, and a bulletproof vest.


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