Dark Web Jewelry Fraudster Jailed for Six Years

By John Jeffay / July 17, 2022 / www.idexonline.com / Article Link

(IDEX Online) - A criminal who defrauded 30 jewelry stores using stolen credit and debit cards he bought on the dark web has been jailed for more than six years.Hasan Howard, 23, of Cleveland, Ohio, USA, was also ordered to pay $261,000 in restitution.He and co-conspirators bought high-value jewelry and watches in store and over the phone, according to court documents.He and others bought $19,000 a Rolex watch from one jewelry store in Westlake, Ohio, and four diamond and gold bracelets from another, in Canton, Ohio, valued at over $26,000.Howard was sentenced on 6 July after he pleaded guilty in March to conspiracy to commit access device fraud, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft.Howard was arrested on 20 May 2021, with a co-defendant, after purchasing more than $20,000 in items from jewelers in Aurora, Ohio. 

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