Konda

Although very shady, it's not the same.

There is a difference between buying stolen card databases and run them through your mids compared to having shady cross sales. One is illegal, the other one can be legal if it's worded right.

Paul Markham

Agree with Jman, they made a lot more. But at least they got nailed.

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ReggieDurango

Wow, just wow!

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Funday bump!

Coup D'etat

Anyone got more info on this? Knew some of the characters involved personally..

xXXtesy10

where this guy?
https://gfy.com/members/thebossxxx/

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ReggieDurango

Good question !

ReggieDurango

Are they out on bail?

jaanB

Peter O Brian is out on bail.

ReggieDurango

what about Ant and James Beckish?

xXXtesy10

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ReggieDurango

Really??? Or are you just speculating? ;-)

ReggieDurango

????????

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Lewis11

Good riddance!

Axzar

What was their sentence?

Bladewire

"BECKISH, 32, of Miami, Florida, and DEMARIA, 33, of Miami, Florida, each plead guilty to one count of conspiracy, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison. BECKISH and DEMARIA also agreed to pay restitution and to forfeit $7,231,878. Sentencing for BECKISH is scheduled for January 16, 2019 at 12:30 p.m. before Judge Ramos. Sentencing for DEMARIA is scheduled for January 18, 2019 at 12:30 p.m. before Judge Ramos."

Looks like they pushed back their sentencing.

5 year max sentence, which means they'll get a year or no prison sentence since they're paying $7 million restitution

You can see here no activity since November last year

RycEric

Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JAMES BECKISH and JOSEPH ANTHONY DEMARIA pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a scheme to make unauthorized charges on credit cards through sham companies that purportedly offered nutraceutical products for sale over the internet. BECKISH and DEMARIA pled guilty before United States District Judge Edgardo Ramos.

According to the Complaint, the Information to which BECKISH and DEMARIA pled guilty, and statements made during the proceedings today:

Between 2013 and 2017, BECKISH, DEMARIA and others, created and operated dozens of companies that purported to sell dietary supplements and similar products called “nutraceuticals” over the internet. The websites of the defendants’ companies purported to sell products like dietary supplements but, in reality, were primarily used to repeatedly bill consumers who never ordered their products, or even if they did, almost never received them. The defendants used these websites as a cover for unauthorized and recurring charges that were placed on thousands of credit card numbers that the defendants had purchased or obtained, or had acquired from consumers who had attempted to order the products in question. For example, in one email, DEMARIA asked BECKISH: “Are we shipping these guys actual nutra products? Lol.” To which BECKISH responded: “Nope.”

BECKISH, DEMARIA, and others created these different companies and websites, because they knew that credit card processors would stop doing business with them over time as consumers noticed the unauthorized charges and sought refunds. These refunds, called “chargebacks” by credit card processors, are generally low for legitimate businesses but reached extremely high percentages for many of the companies associated with the defendants’ scheme. In certain instances, the chargeback rates quickly approached or even exceeded 20 percent – that is, consumers were seeking refunds of more than 20 percent of the charges placed by certain of the defendants’ companies. Credit card processors, in turn, paid millions of dollars in refunds for fraudulent charges associated with the defendants’ companies between 2013 and 2017 in attempts to refund affected consumers.

In total, BECKISH and DEMARIA both pled guilty to causing more than $7 million in loss during the duration of the scheme.



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BECKISH, 32, of Miami, Florida, and DEMARIA, 33, of Miami, Florida, each plead guilty to one count of conspiracy, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison. BECKISH and DEMARIA also agreed to pay restitution and to forfeit $7,231,878. Sentencing for BECKISH is scheduled for January 16, 2019 at 12:30 p.m. before Judge Ramos. Sentencing for DEMARIA is scheduled for January 18, 2019 at 12:30 p.m. before Judge Ramos.

The statutory maximum sentence is prescribed by Congress and is provided here for informational purposes only, as any sentence imposed on the defendants will be determined by the judge.

Mr. Berman praised the investigative work of the Secret Service.


Charges:


18:1349.F ATTEMPT AND CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT WIRE FRAUD
(1)
18:1343.F WIRE FRAUD
(2)
18:1028A.F AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT
(3)

Outcome: Guilty

geedub

This is a federal case not a state case, they'll do their time.

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PornDiscounts-V

At the end it says, credit card companies were defrauded of the millions they had to pay to customers who charged back.

So... What they really were convicted of is costing Visa and MC money. When you keep your charge backs under certain thresholds they look the other way. When you go to 20%+ you become the prime suspects.

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Pipecrew

looks like a slap on the wrist, restitution and 3 years of supervised release. Basically probabtion.

maybe they had to spend a year in jail up until they were sentenced, not sure.

still a pretty light sentence.

fuzebox

According to https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ Anthony Demaria was released in May of this year, but JimB is still incarcerated until January 2022.

SomeCreep

Who were these guys? What sites did they run?

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ReggieDurango

Why did James get so much more time than ANT?