FraudNews
07-10-2013, 11:04 AM
Charles Williamson, better known in the rapping world as Guerrilla Black or MrBusinessman62, pled guilty to numerous charges of fraud for his connection to stealing thousands of credit card numbers from two local companies.
Williamson, 33, is well known for the 2005 hit “You’re The One” purchased over 27,000 credit card numbers. Many of these numbers were gained after hacking into a Magnolia restaurant and a Shoreline restaurant supply company. According to documents from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the incident took place between January 2011 and February 2012.
The whole loss has yet to be tallied; however, it’s thought that Williamson charged about $150,000 to roughly 137 of the stolen credit card numbers.
Williamson was placed under arrest last July in Los Angeles but was released while waiting for trial. He spent this time manufacturing fake credit cards and using the stolen credit card numbers. Officials arrested him again in January.
Information from the U.S. Attorney’s Office suggests Williamson admitted to carrying out the credit card fraud before and after he was arrested and pled guilty to unauthorized access to a protected computer, conspiracy, bank fraud, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft.
Williamson will be sentenced on Oct. 10.
Williamson, 33, is well known for the 2005 hit “You’re The One” purchased over 27,000 credit card numbers. Many of these numbers were gained after hacking into a Magnolia restaurant and a Shoreline restaurant supply company. According to documents from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the incident took place between January 2011 and February 2012.
The whole loss has yet to be tallied; however, it’s thought that Williamson charged about $150,000 to roughly 137 of the stolen credit card numbers.
Williamson was placed under arrest last July in Los Angeles but was released while waiting for trial. He spent this time manufacturing fake credit cards and using the stolen credit card numbers. Officials arrested him again in January.
Information from the U.S. Attorney’s Office suggests Williamson admitted to carrying out the credit card fraud before and after he was arrested and pled guilty to unauthorized access to a protected computer, conspiracy, bank fraud, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft.
Williamson will be sentenced on Oct. 10.