Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

Man loses appeal over conditions of prison release

CARSON CITY — A federal appeals court has denied the petition of a Las Vegas man convicted of unlawfully obtaining thousands of credit, debit and gift card numbers and using the money to buy and sell electronic equipment.

Ryan Masters was sentenced to 109 months in prison and ordered to make $191,901 in restitution. He is appealing the conditions placed on him for his release.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today there was no abuse of discretion when U.S. District Court Judge Miranda Du allowed searches without a warrant and ordered that Masters get approval before he can open up lines of credit.

The appeals court said there was no error in requiring his release of computer files and in requiring 10 months of home confinement to get mental health treatment.

The court ruled that Masters’ supervised release would be for three years, rather than four years, which was an error in the written judgment.

Masters was convicted in November 2012 of possession of 15 or more unauthorized access devices, conspiracy to possess the devices and aggravated identity theft.

The FBI secured an indictment accusing Masters of purchasing stolen credit, debit or gift card account numbers from a person in Pakistan from 2010 to 2012. Masters was accused of using the numbers to buy electronics, which he then sold.

He was ordered to make restitution to American Express, Best Buy, Chase Bank, Fidelity and Wells Fargo Bank.