PORTLAND — The Biddeford Police Department assisted in an investigation of credit card fraud that ultimately led to the sentencing of two out-of state men.

The United States Attorney, District of Maine Office said Thursday that Sean Trim, 33, of Stoughton, Massachusetts, and Tishon Singh, 28, of Queens, New York City, were sentenced in U.S. District Court on credit card fraud charges.

Trim was sentenced to 40 months in prison and three years of supervised release for using a counterfeit credit card, possessing 15 or more counterfeit credit cards and conspiracy to commit credit card fraud. Trim was also ordered to pay over $23,000 in restitution.

Singh was sentenced to 11 months in prison and three years of supervised release for using a counterfeit credit card and possessing 15 or more counterfeit credit cards. The court deferred for 90 days its determination about the amount of restitution Singh will be ordered to pay.

Trim pleaded guilty on the charges on June 21, 2018, and Singh pleaded guilty on May 11, 2018.

According to court records, Windham police officers conducted a traffic stop of a car occupied by Singh and Trim on Jan. 16, 2017. Inside the car, police found a black toiletry bag containing more than 160 credit cards, many of them counterfeit.

A police investigation revealed the two men had used counterfeit credit cards to make purchases at a Hannaford grocery store in North Windham.

Law enforcement executed a search warrant on Feb. 6, 2017, at a home in Stoughton, Massachusetts, that was occupied by Singh and Trim. Police seized from the home more than 500 counterfeit credit cards, materials used for manufacturing counterfeit credit cards, nearly $7,000 in cash, as well as laptop computers and a thumb drive that contained credit card data.

This case was investigated by the U.S. Secret Service, the Windham and Biddeford police departments, and the Stoughton, Massachusetts Police Department.

— Liz Gotthelf can be reached at 780-9015 or by email at egotthelf@journaltribune.com.