MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) – A New York man has been sentenced for his role in a debit card scheme that resulted in more than $214,000 in losses, U.S. Attorney Thomas Govan for the Middle District of Alabama announced.
Eric Kendrie Shuler, 34, was sentenced Wednesday to seven years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Following his prison term, Shuler will be subject to three years of supervised release.
According to his plea agreement and other court documents, in the fall of 2024, Shuler and co-defendant Kyara Ivelisse Rosario-Berenguer, 30, from Pennsylvania, conspired to steal debit cards and associated account information belonging to members of a local credit union. They both used the stolen debit cards to make 201 unauthorized withdrawals from ATMs in and around Montgomery, Alabama, totaling $214,800…