RAPID CITY, S.D. - One of two people charged with scamming Black Hills FCU and two area banks out of $34,500 through a prepaid debit card scheme Friday was sentenced to seven months in prison.
Aigner Angel, 24, and her accomplice, Leo Ramsey, 38, used phony debit cards to get cash advances from unsuspecting employees of the credit union and the banks, US Bank and First Dakota National Bank.
The two went to the credit union last November and tried to get cash advances on bogus prepaid cards. When the cards were rejected for inadequate balance to cover the cash advances, Angel had credit union employees purportedly call the number on the phony cards to obtain authorization.
In reality, Angel was calling Ramsey, who provided a fake authorization for the cash advance and instructed the employees how to override the system to obtain authorization. Ramsey is awaiting sentencing.
