Credit card fraud is a serious offense that is classified as a felony in New York. Being convicted can mean a lengthy prison sentence. A U.S. Postal Service mail carrier was accused of stealing a credit card on her postal route and using it to pay for an $8,000 surgery. Shakera Small, 31, was arraigned…

A Long Island woman was sentenced to 90 months in prison for operating an identity theft and credit card fraud scheme. She was accused of stealing the identities of more than 50 people, the majority of whom were senior citizens. Lisa Reid, 47, pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated identity theft and one count…

Westchester County police arrested five suspects for running a shopping scheme that targeted multiple New York stores. They were accused of credit card fraud and identity theft. Dawn Anderson, 48, and Hassan Miller, 46, were charged with three counts of criminal possession of a forgery device, criminal possession of stolen property and 76 counts of…

A New York man was arrested after making thousands of dollars in purchases with a fraudulently acquired credit card. He was charged with credit card fraud, third-degree larceny, second-degree identity theft, two counts of first-degree forgery and criminal impersonation. Nicodemus Miller, 60, was accused of making multiple fraudulent purchases with the credit card at Boscov’s…