Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, November 18, 2019 Sixth and Final Defendant Pleads Guilty to Participating in Sophisticated International Cellphone Fraud Scheme A citizen and resident of the Dominican Republic pleaded guilty today in Miami, Florida, to multiple criminal charges in connection with a sophisticated global cellphone fraud scheme that involved compromising cellphone customers’ accounts in the United States and “cloning†their phones to make fraudulent international calls.Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan of the Southern District of Florida and Special Agent...
