Riverview, Brandon Residents Charged With Credit Card Fraud

PORT RICHEY, FL -- Two men have been charged with credit card fraud after Pasco County Sheriff's deputies pulled over their vehicle and found items used to produce fake credit cards.

At about 2:30 a.m. on Monday, Alfonso Lewis, 19, of Rivage Circle in Brandon and Malik Turner, 21, of Osprey Lake Circle in Riverview were pulled over at Johnson Road and U.S. 19 in Port Richey. When deputies searched the vehicle, they discovered personal information on about 10 people, credit card machine plates, a credit card reader/writer and several fraudulent credit cards.

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