Mar 15, 2021
ALBANY Yanio Montes De Oca, age 33, of Miami, Florida, pleaded guilty Friday to participating in a conspiracy to launder funds derived from a nationwide gas station skimming scheme that involved stealing the banking and personal information of residents of upstate and central New York, including in Albany, Broome and Montgomery counties, in the Northern District of New York, who used the “pay at the pump” feature to make gasoline purchases.
The announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon; Thomas F. Relford, Special Agent in Charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); and Inspector in Charge Joseph Cronin, Boston Division, United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS).