June 26, 2015
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Michael Hoffner Sr., owner of the Brown Street Pub in Fairmount, was charged with 23 counts of wire fraud.
A Philadelphia pub owner was charged Friday in a $47,209 fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger announced.
Michael Hoffner Sr., the owner of the Brown Street Pub, located at 24th and Brown streets, was charged with 23 counts of wire fraud in an alleged scheme to defraud Navy Federal Credit Union and American Express.
Hoffner, 50, of Voorhees, New Jersey, allegedly used stolen credit cards to make charges to Visa or American Express 23 times between September and November 2012, according to an indictment. The charged amounts ranged from $1,200 to $2,602.
The cardholders were unaware of the transactions, according to the indictment. The proceeds allegedly went into accounted controlled by Hoffner.
If convicted, Hoffner faces an advisory sentencing guideline of at least 18 to 24 months in prison, a $5.75 million fine and three years of supervised release.
The case, investigated by the U.S. Secret Service, is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney David J. Ignall.
