Three More Plead Guilty to Fraud, Used Stolen Identities, Credit Cards to Purchase Airline Tickets

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/48161/

Three more defendants pleaded guilty in federal court to their roles
in a conspiracy among black market travel agents who used the stolen
identities of thousands of victims as part of a multi-million dollar
fraud scheme to purchase airline tickets for their customers

Waiki Pryor, 30, of Richmond, Calif., Norman Johnson, 36, of
Inglewood, Calif., and Edwon Simmons, 34, of Chicago, Ill., pleaded
guilty in separate appearances before Chief U.S. District Judge
Fernando J. Gaitan, Jr. In addition to the conspiracy, Pryor and
Simmons pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft. Simmons also
pleaded guilty to making false statements to federal law enforcement
agents by instructing one of his customers to lie to the agents in an
effort to conceal the conspiracy.

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