PhD Student Gets 70 Months in Credit Card Scheme
WKRN TV in Nashville reports a student who was just a few credits away from earning a PhD at the University of Georgia has been sentenced to 70 months in prison in a credit card scam. According to court documents, 25 -year-old Carlton Lewis directed a scheme in which waitresses at restaurants around the Southeast would skim credit card numbers from customers. Lewis and other defendants would make counterfeit cards with the stolen numbers and use them to purchase gift cards and merchandise.
