From Stripe to Bitcoin: Card Fraud Case Ends in Prison Sentence
By Kevin Helms
A Rochester man’s fraud scheme moved unauthorized credit-card payments through bank accounts before funding bitcoin purchases and transfers to co-conspirators. Timothy Wadsworth received a prison sentence after processing hundreds of attempted charges using account numbers supplied by others. Unauthorized Card…
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