United States Attorney James T. Jacks
Northern District of Texas

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009
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ALBUQUERQUE RESIDENTS SENTENCED IN COUNTERFEITING CASE

AMARILLO, Texas — Shri Dhyan Delgado, 30, and Adam Montoya, 36, both of Albuquerque, New Mexico, were sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Mary Lou Robinson following their guilty pleas in May 2009 to their roles in a counterfeiting operation, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas.

Each pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to manufacture and traffic in counterfeit obligations and counterfeit access devices. Delgado was sentenced to 21 months in prison and Montoya was sentenced to 27 months in prison. They were each ordered to pay, jointly and severally, more than $2000 in restitution.

Delgado and Montoya admitted that in February 2009, they drove to from New Mexico to Amarillo with counterfeited business checks and matching counterfeited identification documents they had obtained. They also possessed counterfeit credit and gift cards that they had altered with false and fraudulent information and used those cards at various businesses in Amarillo.

Delgado and Montoya had also obtained counterfeit New Mexico drivers’ licenses to match the names and identifiers on the counterfeited obligations and access devices. When they were arrested, they had document making tools and sheets of access numbers that they had used to manufacture the fake credit and gift cards.

The case was investigated by the U.S. Secret Service and the Amarillo Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Christy L. Drake of the Amarillo, Texas, U.S. Attorney’s Office prosecuted the case.

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