During that sentencing, Woodcock referred to Reyes as the “ringleader” of the trio, explaining that he had covered the travel expenses and provided the false identities used in the fraud.
The third defendant, Mickey Augusto Mejia-Rosario, 24, has pleaded guilty to the same charge and is scheduled to be sentenced next month.
Prosecutors said the trio had sought to defraud the big-box chain stores by opening store credit card accounts using driver’s license information belonging to deceased people.
They were arrested in Auburn on Nov. 26, 2019, by local police after failing to make purchases at self-checkout stations at the Home Depot store on Mount Auburn Avenue using recently obtained store credit.