Man sentenced for multistate credit card scheme

BOZEMAN (AP)

A 38-year-old Oregon man who took part in a fraudulent credit card scheme that netted between $1 million and $2 million from 37 financial institutions across several states, including Montana, was sentenced Tuesday to six and a half years in prison. Kevin James Dixon, who appeared in District Court in Sacramento, Calif., had pleaded guilty to one count of interstate transportation of money obtained by fraud. He is the third defendant to be sentenced for the scheme that ran from 2007 to 2008. Bozeman police Detective Andy Knight, who helped investigate the case, said more than $63,...