Date: 06-26-2014

Case Style: United States of America v. Tony Frith

Case Number: 6:14-cr-00081-RBD-TBS

Judge: RBD

Court: United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida (Orange County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: Roger B. Handberg

Defendant's Attorney: Maria Guzman - FPD

Description: Orlando, FL – United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces that Tony Frith (35, Orlando) today pleaded guilty to access device fraud. Frith is facing up to 10 years in federal prison and a 3-year term of supervised release. The sentencing hearing has been set for September 15, 2014.

According to court documents, officers from the Orlando Police Department conducted a traffic stop of Frith’s vehicle on September 15, 2013. During the stop, a drug detection dog alerted to the presence of an illegal drug from inside Frith’s vehicle. Officers then conducted a search of the vehicle. During the search, one of the officers found a backpack in the vehicle’s trunk that contained a computer, an attached encoding device, and more than 200 counterfeit credit cards. Further investigation determined that the credit cards were counterfeit and that they had been re-encoded with stolen credit card numbers. A subsequent examination of Frith’s computer revealed that it contained more than 3,000 credit card numbers, as well as text files with names, dates of birth, and Social Security Numbers. The total amount of actual loss associated with the counterfeit credit cards and stolen credit card numbers found in Frith’s possession is over $470,000.

This case was investigated by the Orlando Police Department and the United States Secret Service. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg.

Outcome: See above

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