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Eastern District of NY Rules on Sentencing
On Sept. 29, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York issued an opinion in support of the sentencing of Ion Catalin Vrancea, who was convicted on multiple counts in November 2013. U.S. v. Vrancea, 2015 WL 5725883, No. 12-CR-198 (WFK) (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 29, 2015). Following a jury trial, Vrancea was sentenced to 30 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release and restitution of $67,361 for his role in an international credit card scheme, whereby he stole credit card information via an electronic scanner, withdrew cash from banks in the United States, and wired funds to co-conspirators overseas. Upon learning of the charges against him, Vrancea attempted to destroy evidence by setting fire to his apartment. FBI agents were ultimately able to recover electronic equipment that implicated him.
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