Santee trucking company owner charged in $2M credit card fraud case

Federal courthouse in downtown San Diego Photo by Chris Stone Times of San Diego The owner of a Santee trucking company who allegedly opened multiple credit cards under other people s names causing over million in losses to two banks is facing federal bank fraud money laundering and identity theft charges the U S Attorney s Office released Tuesday Prosecutors allege Hasan Korkmaz owner and operator of San Diego Logistics Group applied for credit card accounts using the personal identifying information of other people including their names dates of birth and Social Protection numbers Those credit cards were then allegedly used to incur massive charges including as high as for one transaction He s also accused of restoring the cards credit limits by making fraudulent payments from nonexistent accounts or accounts with insufficient funds He then allegedly laundered proceeds of the bank fraud by moving the money to a Turkish bank account he controlled the U S Attorney s Office reported Korkmaz who is charged in an -count indictment made his initial court appearance on Tuesday