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Holiday Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Identity Theft

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She used counterfeit credit cards while at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino, which is on the Seminole Indian Reservation in Tampa, the U.S. Attorney says.

TAMPA – A Holiday woman has been sentenced for federal prison after she used counterfeit credit cards while at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida.

Catherine Trinidad De Jesus Santana, 43, of Holiday, was sentenced to three years in federal prison for access device (credit card) fraud and aggravated identity theft stemming from De Jesus Santana’s use of counterfeit credit cards at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino on the Seminole Indian Reservation in Tampa.

De Jesus Santana had pleaded guilty March 27.

According to court documents, De Jesus Santana obtained breached and stolen credit card and debit card information, which she used to manufacture counterfeit credit cards. In June 2014, on multiple occasions, De Jesus Santana used those counterfeit cards to obtain cash from the Seminole Hard Rock Casino. The total loss amount from the use and attempted use of the counterfeit cards was $20,352.

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