Often, JOHNNY DAMUS, instructed the Shoppers to purchase particular luxury items in specific quantities. Members of the conspiracy, including RASHAAN RICHARDS, DEVON RICHARDS, CONRAD HERON, LOUIS JEUNE VERLY, and KAREEM SHEPHERD (collectively, “the Shoppers”), and others known and unknown, then used the stolen cards to purchase luxury goods-including items manufactured by, among others, Chanel, Fendi, Hermes, and Dior-from high-end retailers, including major department stores in, among other places, Manhattan, Brooklyn, and New Jersey. After obtaining the stolen credit cards, members of the conspiracy activated the cards using stolen personally identifiable information (“PII”) of the intended recipients. Postal Service mail carriers, including, among others, FABIOLA MOMPOINT, NATHANAEL FOUCAULT, and JOHNATHAN PERSAUD to steal credit cards from the mail stream before those cards were delivered to the assigned credit card customers. The USPS OIG is thankful for the relationships with our law enforcement partners and the Department of Justice for their dedication and efforts in this investigation.”Īccording to the allegations in the Indictment: īetween in or around December 2018, up to and including the present, members of the conspiracy worked with U.S. The conduct alleged is disgraceful, and our office will continue to vigorously investigate postal service employees and their co-conspirators who violate the public’s trust. Postal Service Office of Inspector General will continue to maintain the integrity of the U.S. USPS-OIG Special Agent-in-Charge Matthew Modafferi said: “The Special Agents of the U.S. We are pleased the members of this criminal syndicate have been apprehended and their crime spree brought to an abrupt end.” Mail to harm postal customers or the financial institutions that serve them. Make no mistake, the Postal Inspection Service will not allow thieves, no matter who they are, to use the U.S. They further compounded their crimes by committing identity theft against those customers to facilitate their elaborate scheme to defraud several national financial institutions. Brubaker said: “These nine defendants, three of which are postal employees, sought to enrich themselves by stealing mail directly from hundreds of postal customers. Thanks to the diligence of USPIS, the NYPD, and USPS-OIG, the defendants will now be held accountable for their brazen criminal conduct.” Postal Service employees for their own financial gain. The defendants took advantage of the public trust we place in U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “As alleged, the defendants engaged in a years-long scheme to manipulate credit card companies and major retailers across New York and New Jersey by stealing credit cards and using those cards to purchase, and subsequently sell, luxury goods. Cott.ĭEVON RICHARDS was arrested today in the Eastern District of New York and will be presented before Judge James L. Postal Employee, was arrested today in the District of New Jersey and will be presented before Judge James L. Postal Employees, were arrested today in the Eastern District of New York and will be presented before Judge James L. NATHANAEL FOUCAULT and JOHNATHAN PERSAUD, U.S. As alleged, the defendants conspired to steal credit cards from the mail use those stolen credit cards at a variety of stores, including high-end retailers and sell some of the merchandise purchased with the stolen cards on the website (“LuxurySnob”). Brubaker, Inspector-in-Charge, New York Division of the United States Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS”), and Matthew Modafferi, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Northeast Area Field Office of the United States Postal Service, Office of Inspector General (“USPS-OIG”), announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging JOHNNY DAMUS, a/k/a “Ace,” RASHAAN RICHARDS, a/k/a “Jay Dee,” a/k/a “JD,” a/k/a “Payso,” DEVON RICHARDS, a/k/a “Dev,” CONRAD HERON, a/k/a “Conny Cash,” LOUIS JEUNE VERLY, a/k/a “Luis Jesus Virola,” KAREEM SHEPHERD, a/k/a “Reem,” a/k/a “Marcus Ford,” a/k/a “Frank James,” FABIOLA MOMPOINT, a/k/a “Lady Fab,” NATHANAEL FOUCAULT, and JOHNATHAN PERSAUD, a/k/a “Junzie-J,” in connection with their theft and unauthorized use of credit cards to defraud several national financial institutions, credit card companies, and major retailers, resulting in more than $1.3 million in intended losses as well as the theft of hundreds of identities. Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Daniel B.
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