A Bronx man has been sentenced to one year and one day for using stolen credit card information to make fraudulent retail purchases around the United States on Tuesday, Dec. 12, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

According to federal prosecutors, Trevor Osagie, 32, of The Bronx, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge William Martini to information charging him with one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Prosecutors said Martini imposed the sentence on Tuesday in Newark federal court.

According to documents filed in the case and to statements made in court, from at least 2015 through November 2018, Osagie conspired with a network of individuals based in the New Jersey/New York area who made trips around the United States in order to use stolen credit card information to purchase gift cards, flights, hotels, rental cards, and other goods and services.

Other participants in the fraud operation obtained stolen credit card information through the “dark web” and other sources. In addition to recruiting at least one individual to create the fraudulent credit cards, Osagie managed a group of individuals who traveled around the United States conducting the fraudulent transactions. The conspirators made over $1.5 million in fraudulent purchases using over 4,000 stolen credit card accounts.

In addition to the prison term, Martini sentenced Osagie to three years of supervised release and ordered him to pay $1.43 million in restitution.

For his part, Sellinger credited special agents of the U.S. Secret Service, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Aaron Hatley, for their work on the investigation which, he said, led to the sentencing.

The government is represented in the case by Assistant U.S. Attorney Shawn Barnes, chief of the OCDETF/narcotics unit in Newark.