A Philadelphia man who allegedly used Twitter and Facebook to obtain people's banking information for a fraudulent scheme was sentenced to prison Friday, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced.
Aaron Dashawn Caple, 23, was given a 54-month sentence in federal prison after convictions on bank fraud and aggravated identity theft offenses.
According to an indictment, Caple posted tweets and Facebook statuses promising people quick cash if they gave him access to their bank accounts.
Once he had their information, Caple deposited bad checks into their accounts and withdraw the cash before banks realized the checks were phony, prosecutors said.
The co-schemers were instructed by Caple to lie and say they lost their ATM cards and PIN numbers if they were questioned by investigators about the fraudulent transactions he was making with their accounts, according to the indictment.
Caple received $47,000 from the scheme, according to authorities. He was ordered to pay $47,000.25 in restitution and serve five years of supervised release after completion of his prison sentence.