State Police in Mercer County say they arrested two men on their way back to New York with fraudulently obtained credit cards they allegedly used to go on a shopping spree at several Best Buy stores.
Police say when they searched a mini-van stopped Thursday morning along I-80 for a suspected traffic violation, they found several fraudulent ID cards, fraudulent US passport cards, and fraudulent credit cards.
Officers say the cards, along with several fraudulently obtained Apple iPhones were found in hidden compartments of the mini-van.
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Police say the identities used to obtain the fraudulent cards had been stolen from people in Pennsylvania, Texas and South Carolina.
According to investigators, the men inside the mini-van used the fraudulent cards to purchase thousands of dollars worth of merchandise at several Best Buy retail stores in Wisconsin.
Bond is set at $100,000 for Christopher Sanchez, 23, of New York City, who is charged with five felony counts of identity theft and one count of access device conspiracy.
The driver of the mini-van, Wilson Acosta, 24, of New York City, is charged with one count of identity theft and one count of access device conspiracy.
The magistrate set Acosta’s bond at $75,000.
Police are notifying the victims whose identities were stolen.
