Man sentenced for participation in 2025 Lexington credit card fraud scheme

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – A man was sentenced Tuesday for his role in a credit card fraud scheme from 2025.

Serigu Railean, 53, will serve five years in prison concurrently after pleading guilty to several charges, including first-degree unlawful access to a computer, second-degree possession of a forged instrument and false making/embossing of a credit/debit card.

Railean was one of two men arrested after Lexington Police responded to a report of fraudulent ATM transactions at the Leestown Road Kroger, where officers found over 100 fraudulent credit cards in their possession.

He was later connected to another fraudulent withdrawal at a CVS…

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