| Romanian Man Came
to Scam or Skim AMT Machines in
US Then Fled Now Gets 8 Months
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Aug 1 – A man from Romania who
came to the US and "learned
the ATM scam" was up for
sentencing on August 1 before
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Andrew L. Carter. Inner
City Press was there, the only
media in the SDNY
courtroom.
The was a
dispute about the defendant's
name, as while he was on the
run he married and took on his
wife's name. Whatever his
name, he tried unsuccessfully
to get into Mexico and was
instead sent to, and arrested
in, Florida.
From the MDC he
wrote a letter to Judge Carter
including that "I was born in
a small village in Romania, I
grew up farming taking care of
sheep and cows... I learned
how to scam the ATM machines.
Once that money came, I spent
all my nights in bars and
clubs abusing drugs and
alcohol... I hope your Honor
will have mercy on my
sentence!"
Judge
Carter sentenced him to eight
months, and restitution of
$193,239.07.
The case is
called US v. Flore, 19-cr-668
(Carter)
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