Stone Park Man Cameron York Sentenced to 8½ Years for Buying Stolen Card Numbers and Spending on Luxury Goods

Case from 2019 (U.S. Attorney's Office release: Sept. 9, 2019). Published on Scammers.com Oct. 16, 2026; case status is current as of that date.

Cameron York of Stone Park, Illinois, was sentenced after a Sept. 4, 2019, hearing to 102 months in federal prison for using thousands of stolen credit card numbers to buy luxury goods and services, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois announced [1].

How the scheme worked

According to prosecutors [1]:

1. Buying stolen data: York bought credit card account numbers, Social Security numbers and other personal information from online sellers, sometimes paying in Bitcoin. He wired or caused to be wired about $164,598 to the sellers.
2. Scale: He received at least 8,796 unique card numbers and attempted to use at least 4,800 of them.
3. Luxury spending: Fraudulent charges included a Jaguar XJL and shoes from Maison Margiela, Balenciaga and Louis Vuitton, often bought at high-end stores.
4. Utility accounts: He opened ComEd and Nicor Gas accounts in identity-theft victims' names and ran up unpaid balances.
5. Bragging online: He boasted about his purchases on social media, sometimes shown wearing the items.

The scheme ran from 2015 to 2018.

The person sentenced

Cameron York, 28 at sentencing, of Stone Park, Ill. [1]

• Plea: pleaded guilty in 2019 to wire fraud, money laundering and aggravated identity theft.
• Sentence: 102 months in prison, imposed by U.S. District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman after a Sept. 4, 2019, hearing.
• Investigation: IRS Criminal Investigation, FBI and Chicago Police Department, with help from ATF.

Red flags

• Charges you don't recognize, especially at luxury retailers or car dealers.
• Utility, phone or credit accounts opened in your name that you never requested.
• Data-breach notices involving your card or Social Security number.

What to do if you're targeted

1. Report fraudulent charges to your card issuer immediately and request a new card number.
2. Freeze your credit at Equifax, Experian and TransUnion, and file a report at IdentityTheft.gov.
3. Ask utilities to close any account opened in your name and to note the fraud on file.

Case status (as of Oct. 16, 2026)

Defendant	Court	Status as of Oct. 16, 2026	Source
Cameron York, Stone Park, Ill.	N.D. Ill. (Judge Coleman)	Pleaded guilty in 2019 to wire fraud, money laundering and aggravated identity theft; sentenced Sept. 4, 2019, to 102 months	[1]

The sentence was imposed in 2019; we have not found a source on York's current custody status.

Sources

1. U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois, "Suburban Man Sentenced to More Than 8 Years in Prison for Using Stolen Credit Cards," Sept. 9, 2019. https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/pr/suburban-man-sentenced-more-8-years-prison-using-stolen-credit-cards

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