Jean-Elguentino Cayo, 26, of Miami Gardens, pled guilty in December for his participation in a stolen identity scheme. Sentencing is scheduled for March 5, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. before U.S. District Judge Jose E. Martinez. The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation.
Cayo pled guilty to one count of access device fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1029(a)(2). At sentencing, the defendant faces a maximum term of ten years in prison.
According to court documents, beginning in December 2012 through June 2013, the defendant sold approximately 400 names, dates of birth, and social security numbers belonging to other persons to a confidential informant and undercover law enforcement officer in exchange for money. The defendant had no authorization to traffic in the names, dates of births, and social security numbers belonging to other persons and acted with the intent to defraud.
And he got the PII…. where? How?