MIAMI, Florida — A Miami man has been sentenced to 55 months in prison for possessing approximately 450 fraudulent, stolen, or counterfeit access devices, including credit card numbers and social security numbers.
Mckenzie Levar Monestine, a 33-year-old from Miami, pleaded guilty in December 2025 to one count of possessing 15 or more unauthorized access devices and one count of aggravated identity theft, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida. The charges stem from a 2020 FBI investigation.
“This defendant built a fraud operation on stolen identities, at least 450 of them,” said U.S. Attorney Jason A. Reding Quiñones. “Identity theft is not a victimless crime. It drains savings, damages credit, and disrupts lives.”…