{"id":916996,"date":"2026-07-06T19:48:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T19:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/916996\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T19:48:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T19:48:23","slug":"jacksonville-citibank-employee-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-customer-credit-card-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/916996\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville Citibank employee pleads guilty to stealing customer credit card data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">A Jacksonville woman has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft after using a stolen identity to obtain a job at Citibank \u2014 then exploiting her position to steal customer credit card information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Lexus Lewis, 30, faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for the wire fraud offense, along with a consecutive mandatory minimum of two years for the aggravated identity theft charge. No sentencing date has been set.<\/p>\n<p>How the scheme unfolded<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">According to the plea agreement, Lewis obtained employment in Citibank\u2019s fraud department in 2022 by using another person\u2019s identity. From approximately November 2022 through April 2023, Lewis used her position to access customers\u2019 credit card numbers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Lewis then used the stolen card numbers to purchase items including jewelry and furniture, pay her own living expenses and travel costs, and pay other individuals\u2019 rent in exchange for cash payments. When confronted by law enforcement, Lewis admitted to her conduct.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Lewis agreed to forfeit $463,619 \u2014 the proceeds of the charged criminal conduct.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Jacksonville woman has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft after using a stolen identity&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":892351,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,13242,3188,723,820,7310,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-916996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-america","tag-citibank","tag-fl","tag-florida","tag-fraud","tag-jacksonville","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116874766423621108","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=916996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/892351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=916996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=916996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=916996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}