Detroit Man Pleads Guilty to Credit Card Conspiracy in Cranberry

A second Detroit, Michigan man has pleaded guilty in federal court for conspiracy to commit credit card fraud, according to the United States Department of Justice.

Corey Deandre Vance, 27, of 7601 E. Robinwood Street, Detroit, Mich., was the second defendant to plead guilty to participating in a Detroit-based credit card fraud ring before United States District Judge Donetta W. Ambrose.

In January, James Lewis Reynolds, Jr., 24, of 2610 Hooker Street, also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit credit card fraud.

According to a press release from the Department of Justice, Vance, along with other defendants, traveled to Cranberry Township in August 2009, where they rented a motel room.

Following a report that a fraudulent credit card was used to rent the room, Cranberry Township police officers searched the room and uncovered devices used to manufacture and re-encode credit cards.

After an investigation, police found Vance had traveled through Ohio and Pennsylvania in 2009 using counterfeit credit cards at Giant Eagle stores to buy gift cards and merchandise.

Vance will be sentenced on June 28. He could recieve up to five year in prison a $250,000 fine, or both.