Romanian man sentenced for defrauding banks and stealing hundreds of victims’ information
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — A Romanian man has been sentenced for defrauding banks and stealing hundreds of victims’ personal banking information, according to Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom.
Mario Demarco was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison and will face deportation proceedings. Additionally, he was ordered to pay $16,567,.06 in restitution.
His co-conspirator, Stefano Garioli, a/k/a Dumitru Bogdan Pancu a/k/a Leon Vutkus, pled guilty to a charge of conspiracy to commit bank fraud in December 2024.
The two men would place skimming devices on ATM machines in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and then would create fake bank cards with the stolen information.
Over the course of the conspiracy, at least 952 bank cards were compromised.
After two years of getting away with it they were finally caught when a bank manager in Warwick saw them on video.
