United States of America v. Carlo Reginald Ramirez

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraud.



Carlos Reginald Ramirez, Jr., age 40, and others used false identification cards of Sprint account holders to obtain cell phones and other accessories between April 2018 and August 2019.



Prior to imposing sentence, Judge Conti stated that she recognized the seriousness of the offense and the harm to victims of identity theft.



Assistant United States Attorney Gregory C. Melucci prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.



United States Attorney Chung commended the Homeland Security Investigations and Pennsylvania State Police for the investigation leading to the successful prosecution of Ramirez.



Fraud conspiracy in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1349, which provides:



Any person who attempts or conspires to commit any offense under this chapter shall be subject to the same penalties as those prescribed for the offense, the commission of which was the object of the attempt or conspiracy.

Defendant was sentenced to 18 months in prison, plus three years of supervised release.