A Sacramento man has been handed a 39-month prison sentence for using stolen credit card numbers to purchase a huge batch of gift cards, according to a press release by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The man, identified as 46-year-old Steven Raymon Waller, carried out the fraudulent spree between November 2017 and March 2019, hustling a national retailer out of at least $927,000 worth of gift cards based on these illicit transactions.
U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd was the presiding judge who delivered Waller’s sentence on Tuesday, and, according to the same court documents, Waller's shopping spree using the stolen credit card info not only landed him prison time but also a subsequent three years of supervised release and a restitution bill matching the heavy sum of $927,000 that's now owed back to the bamboozled retailer, as mentioned in the same press release.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted a comprehensive investigation into Waller’s activities, which ultimately determined his fate in the courtroom this week. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas M. Fogg.
