Second Brother Gets Prison for East Texas Fraud

TYLER (AP) – An East Texas man will follow his brother to prison over credit card fraud involving numbers stolen online and from a restaurant. Federal prosecutors in Tyler on Tuesday announced Nathan Michael of Malakoff has been sentenced to more than four years in prison. Michael pleaded guilty in May to access device fraud. He also was ordered Monday to repay more than $95,000. His brother, Christopher Michael, pleaded guilty in May to access device fraud and was later sentenced to four years in prison, plus must make restitution. Elizabeth Pickrell, who worked at a Chicken Express in Tyler, pleaded guilty in April to access device fraud and was later sentenced to two years in prison. Charge card numbers were stolen from the restaurant. A fourth person in the scam awaits sentencing.