[From article]
Casey Kolenda, 28, pleaded guilty today in Middlesex Superior Court to seven counts of counterfeiting and was sentenced to three years in state prison, Healey said.
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The investigation in Kolenda revealed that he “orchestrated a scheme to fraudulently create counterfeit $70 monthly MBTA subway and bus passes, known as ‘LinkPasses,’ between October 2013 and March 2014,” the announcement read. “The electronic data stored on the LinkPass magnetic strip e was copied using a magnetic stripe reader, also known as a ‘skimmer.’ That data was then downloaded onto the magnetic stripes of hundreds of MBTA stored-value cards that were purchased for as little as five cents at ticket kiosks.”
The MBTA estimates that Kolenda is responsible for more than 60 counterfeit MBTA passes in circulation from October 2013 to March 2014 — investigators estimate that the lost revenue attributable to the counterfeit tickets made and sold by Kolenda was in excess of $225,000.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2015/06/medford_man_sentenced_to_jail_for_selling_fake_mbta_passes
Medford man sentenced to jail for selling fake MBTA passes
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
By: Owen Boss
Boston Herald
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