Federal charges filed for phony credit card spree at Bazetta WalMart
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - One of three men accused of using phony credit cards at the Elm Road WalMart is now in trouble with the feds.
Charges of access device fraud and conspiracy were filed in U.S. District Court this week against 22-year-old Mohammed Kamal-Parvez.
According to the Federal Reserve, an access device is a card, code or other means to access a consumer's account.
Kamal-Parvez, along with Fazly Azzm, 35, and Jabal Shaha, 33, were charged with criminal simulation following their arrest at the WalMart.
The three were stopped by police after they made several trips through the checkout line using credit cards bearing fraudulent numbers.
According to an affidavit filed by Homeland Security Special Agent Mark Bodo, Bazetta Police and the Secret Service recovered more than 100 credit cards from the three men and their vehicle.
Kamal-Parvez appeared before Magistrate George Limbert in U.S. District Court in Youngstown on Thursday where bond was set at $20,000. His next court hearing is scheduled for September 4.
Court documents gave no indication whether or not similar federal charges would be filed against the other two suspects in the case.
