2-3-20 romanian immigrant sentenced in fdl credit card skimming case

The second  of two people convicted in connection with a series of credit card fraud and skimming incidents in Fond du Lac is going to prison.  Twenty eight year old Preda Mihai Alexandra has been sentenced to four years in prison and four years extended supervision. Last fall,  37 year old Catalin Capanu,  was sentenced  to six years in prison and six years extended supervision.  Both men were convicted of  wire fraud and theft from a financial institution.  Capanu  and Alexandra  were arrested in June of 2018 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.