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Date: 12-16-2021
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Case Number: 4:20-cr-00044-HEH-DEM-1
Judge: Henry E. Hudson
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (Henrico County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Richmond, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy, fraud, identity theft, and failure to appear.
According to court documents, Troy McFarland, 27, conspired with another man to repeatedly commit credit card fraud at the expense of more than a dozen identity theft victims and multiple financial institutions. McFarland and his co-conspirator used credit and debit cards re-encoded with stolen financial information to purchase goods and services from local retailers, including a luxury car rental, a hotel stay, dining expenses, motorcycle equipment, furniture, prepaid gift cards, and a $14,310 Rolex watch.
After McFarland was arrested on July 31, 2020, he was released to a third-party custodian in Portsmouth and required to submit to location monitoring. On October 24, 2020, he removed his location-monitoring device and absconded. On March 4, he was located and arrested again. While McFarland’s whereabouts were unknown, he released multiple music videos about his lack of remorse for his crimes and boasted about having removed his location-monitoring device. At the time of his arrest, he was found in possession of more debit and credit cards associated with suspected fraud.
Jessica D. Aber, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Brian Dugan, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Norfolk Field Office; Daniel A. Adame, Inspector in Charge of the Washington Division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service; and Steve R. Drew, Chief of Newport News Police, made the announcement after sentencing by Senior U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson.
The United States Marshals Service provided significant assistance in this case.
Assistant U.S. Attorney D. Mack Coleman and former Managing Assistant U.S. Attorney Howard J. Zlotnick prosecuted the case.
T.18 USC 1349 and 1343 - Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud \ T.18 USC 981(a)(1)(C), 982(a)(2)(B), and 1029(c)(1)(C); and T.28 USC 2461 - Criminal Forfeiture
(1)
T.18 USC 1343 and 2 Wire Fraud
(15)
T.18 USC 1028A(a)(1) and 2 Aggravated Identity Theft
(27)
Outcome: IMPRISONMENT 72 MONTHS; SUPERVISED RELEASE 5 YEARS; S/A $100; RESTITUTION $59,467.06
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