Armenian Hoodlum Involved In Massive La-Oc Identity Theft Ring Gets

ARMENIAN HOODLUM INVOLVED IN MASSIVE LA-OC IDENTITY THEFT RING GETS PRISON

OC Weekly. CA
Feb 28 2013

A 26-year-old Armenian man living in Southern California and deemed
an “illegal alien” by federal officials participated in a massive,
Burbank-based, $7 million identity theft ring operating for six years
in Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside counties.

But Hovhannes Dilboyan hoped that his role as a relatively low
level “runner” in the crime spree that used bank insiders to access
confidential customer account information would earn him in a break.

When he was arrested in 2009, Dilboyan carried a computer thumb drive
containing 1,132 access devices, including debit card numbers, bank
account numbers and credit card numbers that belonged to unwitting
victims who used U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo, Nevada Federal Credit Union,
JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America and American Express.

Inside Orange County’s Ronald Reagan Federal Courthouse late last year,
Assistant United States Attorney Joseph McNally sought a 192-month
prison term for Dilboyan.

This week, U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter sentenced Dilboyan
to a term of 111 months in prison and ordered nearly $3.1 million in
restitution plus supervised probation of five years upon his release
from custody.

Federal immigration officials have launch an effort to deport Dilboyan
back to Armenia, according to records.

Others guilty individuals already punished for the scam include:
Arman Sharopetrosian (AKA “Horse” and “Dzi”), 300 months; Angus Brown
(AKA “Homicide” and “Cide” and “Cy”), 287 months; Karen Markosian
(AKA “Kar” and “Garen”), 259 months; Kristine Ogandzhanyan (AKA
“Krist” and “Kristik”), 61 months; Oganes Tangabakyan (AKA “Hovo” and
“Hovo Spito”), 51 months; Vergine Gasparian (AKA “Vikush”), 1 day;
Artush Margaryan, 240 months; Alphonso Strong (AKA “Trub”), 39 months;
Faye Shante Bell, 9 months; Hyworth Rutanhira (AKA “Ike”), 27 months;
Derrick Chatton (AKA “Doc”), 20 months; and Robert Haskell, 30 months.

Individuals accused in the case with pending resolutions include
Trita Black, Damian Wadsack, Lwellyn Charles Cox IV, Kelly Benson,
Ronald Smith, Kevin Young, Anthony Hawkins and Nikkia Brooks.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress