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Aqeel Sheikh

Newark Man Sentenced For Role In $3M Credit Card Fraud Newark Man Sentenced For Role In $3M Credit Card Fraud
Newark Man Sentenced For Role In $3M Credit Card Fraud Another ringleader in a scheme to steal millions of dollars from banks using false identities was sentenced Friday to seven years in prison, the state Attorney General's Office said.  Aqeel Sheikh, 58, of Newark,  had previously pleaded guilty to money laundering and conspiracy. Sheikh was part of a scheme in which identities were created using stolen Social Security numbers coupled with phony names and birth dates. The scammers then applied for credit cards in the names of the false personas.  Bad checks were used to make payments on the credit cards, whose credit limits we…