A man has been sentenced to federal prison for stealing credit card numbers at several local grocery stores.
Acting U.S. Attorney Kevin Davidson says that 40-year-old Yosniel Sotomayor Rodriguez of Miami, Florida, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to unlawfully use a counterfeit access device. Following his prison term, Rodriguez will serve three years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
According to Rodriguez’s plea agreement and other court records, in May 2024, a regional grocery store chain discovered that four card skimming devices had been installed on credit card machines at stores in Montgomery, Prattville and Millbrook.
Approximately 221 card numbers were stolen…