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Rhode Island police charge two Queens residents with credit card fraud

WEST GREENWICH, RI — Rhode Island State Police have charged two New York City residents with obtaining credit cards through fraudulent means after finding dozens of cards in their vehicle.

Col. Steven O’Donnell said 22-year-old Emendjer Mathurin and 37-year-old Abdul Springer, both of Queens, NY, were arrested this week after a trooper stopped them for speeding on Interstate 95 in West Greenwich and found dozens of credit cards. Some had the name of the driver and others had the names of unknown people.

Authorities say the credit cards were encoded with information from stolen cards. State Police says the two were arraigned on Wednesday and did not enter pleas. They were released on $5,000 surety bail each.

A message was left for Mathurin. A current listing for Springer couldn’t be found.