A Worcester man is facing charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in federal court after authorities say he used stolen identities to fraudulently purchase MBTA passes.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts said 31-year-old Kokou Kuakumensah was arrested on Jan. 13 and charged with four counts of wire fraud and four counts of aggravated identity theft.
Federal records said Kuakumensah “used other individuals’ credit card accounts to fraudulently purchase MBTA commuter rail passes” between January 2019 and March 2020.
“Kuakumensah then re-sold these passes for less than their face value, including advertising the passes on Craiglist,” according to authorities.
Investigators said the aggregate face value of the MBTA commuter rail passes was more than $100,000. Court records did not detail how much money Kuakumensah allegedly made from selling the passes.
Kuakumensah remains in federal custody, records show.
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