9-30-19 fdl credit card skimming defendant convicted

A second person has been convicted in connection with a series of credit card fraud and skimming incidents in Fond du Lac.   At a hearing Friday afternoon in Fond du Lac County Circuit Court Preda Mihai Alexandru  pleaded guilty to six counts of  wire fraud and theft from a financial institution.  Forty other counts were dismissed and read into the record.  A pre-sentence investigation was ordered.  Meanwhile a sentencing hearing scheduled for Friday for a second person convicted in the case, 35 year old Catalin Capanu was pushed back to October 25.  Capanu was also convicted of battery by a prisoner.   The charges carry a maximum penalty of more than 20 years in prison and 20 years of extended supervision.    Capanu  and Alexandra  were arrested a little more than a year ago after a Fond du Lac resident called police about suspicious behavior at  a Marine Credit Union ATM.  Investigators believe the men were part of a group of about 30 people involved in a Romanian crime ring traveling throughout the United States stealing credit and debit information by using skimming devices.